Syria Earthquake: Heartbreaking Scene as Dad Mourns Baby’s Death

The death toll from Syria-Turkey Earthquake has surpassed 4,900, making it one of the worst natural catastrophes of this century.

On Tuesday, rescue teams were out looking for Syria-Turkey Earthquake survivors despite the frigid conditions.

In its latest update, Turkey's disaster and emergency management organization AFAD reported 24,400 emergency workers engaging in search and rescue efforts, according to The New York Times.

Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said the Turkey earthquake was a "disaster of the century."

Oktay said at a press conference that rescue teams are still looking for survivors amid the freezing temperatures. "We have to fight against the weather and the earthquake at the same time," he said in a media conference.

Father Sobbing While Carrying The Body of His Dead Child Caught on Cam

From the ruins of their home in northwest Syria, a father was caught on video crying in pain as he received the corpse of his newborn son, a victim of the Syria earthquake.

The viral video showed rescue workers recovering the infant child's dead body from the rubble outside of Aleppo, then handing it over to the anguished man, as per a CNN report.

Aleppo, a city in war-torn Syria, was one of the areas hit hard by the catastrophic earthquake that also wreaked havoc in southern Turkey.As of now, the Syria earthquake death toll is above 1,400, according to BBC.

Many structures were damaged or destroyed, according to emergency rescue services, and individuals may be buried beneath the debris. Millions of refugees from the civil war reside in the area.

Government troops, Kurdish-led forces, and various rebel factions are all battling for control of northern Syria. The war between them has not ended.

The US Geological Survey reported a 17.9-kilometer (11-mile) Syria-Turkey Earthquake near Gaziantep at 04:17 local time (01:17 GMT). Seismologists have determined that the first tremor was one of the strongest ever observed in Turkey, per a previous HNGN report.

The trembling stopped after two minutes, survivors said. The first Syria-Turkey earthquake caused the second, which had a magnitude of 7.5, and an epicenter near Elbistan, Kahramanmaras.

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