16 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Turkish authorities have raised this Thursday to about 36,200 the death toll due to the earthquakes registered on February 6 in the south of the country, near the border with Syria, a country in which about 3,800 people have died. according to official figures.
The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), under the Turkish Ministry of the Interior, has detailed that 36,187 people have died from the earthquakes, while more than 108,000 have been injured.
The agency has specified that these figures correspond to the damage in the ten provinces affected by the earthquakes, which had their epicenter in Kahramanmaras, as reported by the Turkish newspaper ‘Hurriyet’. Likewise, 216,347 victims have been evacuated to other parts of the country.
On the other hand, at least 1,414 people have died in the areas of Syria controlled by the Government, to which must be added 2,274 deaths in the areas in the hands of the rebels, according to data from the Syrian Civil Defense, known as ‘white helmets’. ‘.
The regional director of emergencies for the World Health Organization (WHO), Rick Brennan, said on Sunday from Damascus that the agency estimates that at least 9,300 would have died in Syria — some 4,800 in areas controlled by the authorities and 4,500 in areas in rebel hands–, although he qualified that right now there is no way to make an adjusted projection.
