More than 2,300 people were killed and thousands were injured in earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Harrowing footage emerged early Monday showing an apartment building in Turkey collapsing into a pile of rubble, sending terrified people running for their lives, during a monster magnitude-7.8 earthquake that hit central Turkey and northwest Syria.More than 2,300 people were killed and thousands were injured in the natural disaster that knocked down apartment blocks in Turkey and devastated cities in Syria that were already heavily damaged by years of war.
Dramatic footage that was recorded in the daytime in the city of Sanliurfa in southeastern Turkey shows a seven-story building coming down as a result of the powerful tremors.
In the recording, curious bystanders initially gaze at the red and yellow building as it starts to shake. Moments later, the entire edifice crashes down, sending debris and billowing clouds of thick dust into the street, and prompting onlookers to flee on foot, in cars or on scooters.
The quake, the worst to strike Turkey this century, shook parts of the country in the early morning local time and was felt as far away as Cyprus and Lebanon, about 330 miles. It was followed by another 7.7-magnitude temblor in the afternoon.
It was not immediately clear how much damage had been done by the second quake, also felt across the region, as rescue workers were struggling to pull casualties from rubble in bitterly cold weather.
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Turkey has to worry about NATO to now, NATO warning of terror attacks in Turkey ?
Watch the gas pipeline coming from Russia is what NATO is says..
Wonder will they all come as quickly together to offer aid to help, as they do weapons to kill.
If she's still there, hope Jazz is safe.
Iyyov
Shalom,
Iyyov
Please keep telling us what is really going on as we are being lied to all the time.......
My hearts hurts for those poor people.
Happy so much help has arrived, but where are all those going who now have no home, no bed to sleep in?
Please keep us informed, our thoughts and prayers are with you..............