KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye: Two women were pulled from the rubble in Türkiye's southern city of Kahramanmaras and a mother and two children were rescued from the city of Antakya on Wednesday (Feb 15), as rescue efforts shifted to getting relief to survivors nine days after a deadly earthquake. Rescuers could
KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye: Two women were pulled from the rubble in Türkiye's southern city of Kahramanmaras and a mother and two children were rescued from the city of Antakya on Wednesday , as rescue efforts shifted to getting relief to survivors nine days after a deadly earthquake.
Focus has shifted to supporting survivors and with much of the region's sanitation infrastructure damaged or rendered inoperable by the earthquakes, health authorities face a daunting task in trying to ensure that people now remain disease-free. In Kahramanmaras, homeless families slept in tents set up on the field and running track of the city's stadium."I can't put the experience we had into words. It was so terrifying and I am still feeling the pain of that," she said."I lost consciousness after the quake and I am still recovering. I couldn't remember my family or how we got out of the house.
Meanwhile, the government encouraged people to go back home, if and when authorities have deemed their building safe.
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