BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) According to the British "Guardian" report on the 7th, the death toll caused by the strong earthquake in Turkey may exceed 20,000.
According to the report, when the estimated death toll reached 2,600, Smallwood, the WHO's senior emergency affairs officer in Europe, said, "There is a possibility of further collapses, so we often see the initial number increase by 8 times."
The picture shows the scene after the earthquake in Turkey, where many buildings collapsed.
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Smallwood also said, "Unfortunately, we always see the same thing in earthquakes, which is that the initial reports of deaths or injuries will increase significantly in the following week." Make many people homeless and increase the danger.
The death toll from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in southern Turkey rose to 2,921, with another 15,834 injured, according to the latest data from Turkey's Disaster Emergency Management Agency.
In addition, the Syrian government and aid workers said the earthquake killed at least 1,444 people in the country.
The Turkish military has dispatched thousands of soldiers to the disaster area to participate in the rescue.
The Turkish Ministry of Defense opened an air corridor so that the search and rescue team can reach the disaster area as soon as possible.
Turkey declared seven days of national mourning in memory of the victims of the earthquake.
The Turkish Ministry of Education announced the closure of schools at all levels across the country for a week.