Turkey-Syria Earthquake: Rescue Teams Find Additional Survivors as They Race Against Time

Turkey-Syria Earthquake: Rescue Teams Find Additional Survivors As They Race Against Time
More than 9,200 foreigners from 100 different nations are helping Turkey's search and rescue efforts. Though, given the dire conditions, experts say the chances of survival are diminishing. OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images

Rescue workers save additional survivors from the wreckage of a building in southern Turkey, the third rescue on Tuesday and eight days after the devastating Turkey-Syria Earthquake .

The Turkey earthquake death toll is now over 37,000, making it one of the worst in the country's modern history.

More than 9,200 international people, representing 100 nations, are assisting in Turkey's search and rescue efforts, according to the country's Foreign Ministry.

From the rubble of their apartment building in Turkey's Kahramanmaras region, rescuers retrieved Muhammed Enes Yeninar, 17, and his brother, Baki Yeninar, 21, to safety, according to Reuters.

Rescuers struggled to rescue those who still had a chance of survival. Several groups have begun cutting down on efforts as freezing weather has further diminished chances of retrieving survivors from the wreckage caused by the Turkey-Syria Earthquake.

Many international rescue teams moved in, including Polish rescuers who said they would depart on Wednesday.

A boy and a man were rescued in hard-hit Kahramanmaras on Tuesday, while rescuers were still attempting to locate a grandmother, mother, and daughter from one family who looked to have survived in the collapsed structure.

Since the earthquake occurred a week ago, the UN has been under enormous pressure to bring additional relief and heavy machinery into Syria's rebel-held northwest, where survivors cannot dig for many other survivors and the death toll is rising.

More Relief Supplies Arrive

The UN applauded Syrian President Bashar al-decision Assad's to open two additional Turkish-Syrian border crossings on Monday to enable supplies into the north.

Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay shot off rumors of a lack of food and relief on Tuesday. On national tv, he stated there were "no problems with feeding" the people, and millions of comforters are being supplied to all places affected by the Turkey earthquake, per CNN.

Syrian state media said that the first Saudi relief aircraft, which was carrying 35 tons of food, touched down at the government-controlled airport in Aleppo on Tuesday morning. Saudi Arabia has publicly raised $50 million for the victims of the Turkey Syria earthquake, AP News reported.


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Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United Nations, Earthquake
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