The earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria is the deadliest global seismic event in more than a decade as the official death toll surpasses 9,000.
The death toll rose Wednesday to more than 9,400, making the quake the deadliest in more than a decade.
Turkey’s disaster management agency said the country’s death toll had risen to 6,957, bringing the overall total to 9,487, including fatalities reported in neighboring Syria, since Monday’s earthquake and multiple aftershocks. The death toll in government-held areas of Syria has climbed to 1,250, with 2,054 injured, according to the Health Ministry. At least 1,280 people have died in the rebel-held northwest, according to volunteer first responders known as the White Helmets, with more than 2,600 injured.Amid calls for the government to send more help to the disaster zone, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to travel to town of Pazarcik, the epicenter of the quake, and to the worst-hit province of Hatay on Wednesday.
Turkey now has some 60,000 aid personnel in the quake-hit zone, but with the devastation so widespread many are still waiting for help.
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