Toronto man recalls chaotic scene in Turkey as earthquakes hit
Zein Almoghraby ran outside his hotel room in southeast Turkey when the building began shaking early Monday morning.
“You never know when the next earthquake is going to happen,” he said. “Whenever an aftershock happens, people just run out in the streets, they go to their cars because it is really cold.” Almoghraby said he has taken shelter in a local radio station he worked with as part of Journalists for Human Rights’ program. Others who have been displaced by the earthquake are living in temporary shelters such as mosques, sports stadiums and schools, many of which have reached capacity, he said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that 13 million of the country’s 85 million people were affected by the quake as he declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces. “We are conducting the needs assessment to look at what would be the next steps,” Sajjan said, adding that “nothing is off the table.”
Breanne England, the head of Middle East North Africa region for the Canadian Red Cross, said thousands of the charitable organization’s staff and volunteers are on the ground in both Syria and Turkey to provide emergency life-saving assistance.
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