Mass graves were dug for the victims of a massive earthquake that hit the Turkey and Syria border region as the death toll surpasses 20,000.
that rescue teams did not arrive in her city until almost three days after Monday's quake. Gozlu, now living on the floor of a packed sports complex with his family, says many people are still trapped under the rubble. Others have died of hypothermia, he said. Local companies, aid organizations and civilians have helped by providing food and water, but other necessities such as toilets remain unavailable, he said.
“There’s no hope,” Yilmaz, who had six relatives, including a 3-month-old baby, trapped inside, told The Associated Press. “We can’t give up our hope in God, but they entered the building with listening devices and dogs and there was nothing.” For one, they've impacted a stretch of about 300 miles where 13.5 million Turks live, along with an unknown number of Syrians. Shallow quakes like the ones that hit Monday tend to cause more damage, and the relative weakness of buildings in the region has also contributed to the death toll rising past 20,000.
The website says at least 225,000 people in a dozen countries died in the 2004 earthquake that hit off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, triggering a massive tsunami. A 1970 earthquake off the coast of Peru killed about 70,000 people, mostly in massive landslides.
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