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re: Incredible -Horse Rescued ALIVE After 21 Days Under Turkey Earthquake Rubble
Turkey-Syria Quake: UK Firefighters 1st to Arrive as Aid Begins to Arrive From International Community
Aid and support has been arriving in Turkey and Syria from governments, and from ordinary people, around the world following huge earthquakes there. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK ready to help any way it can.
Syrian Earthquake Victims in Desperate Plight as Assad Regime BLOCKS Aid From Turkey
Syria has said West needs to LIFT SANCTIONS FIRST and assistance would have to be co-ordinated with its government and delivered from within the country, not across the Turkish border
BBC 9 FEB 2023
Before and after pictures show extent of destruction
Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a three-month state of emergency in the areas worst affected by the earthquake. The president said the state of emergency is to make sure rescue work can be "carried out quickly". In this photo you can see people receiving free meals after the earthquake in the southeast of Turkey.
The UK government sent a team of 76 search and rescue experts to Turkey to help survivors. These members of the London Fire Brigade and a sniffer dog will be part of the team. Foreign secretary James Cleverly said the impact of the quakes was "on a scale that we have not seen for quite some time". The UK also says it will look at working with the United Nations to help those in Syria.
Across the UK, people have started to gather donations such as clothes, blankets, food and nappies. This is at the Aziziye Mosque in Stoke Newington, London. The British Turkish Association is also taking donations, particularly winter clothes because it's currently very cold in Turkey. Many of the items collected will be shipped to Turkey on a cargo flight.
Specialised teams from different countries including Italy, and Israel are on the way to help. Aid has started to arrive with food, medicine and shelter supplies from around the world. Germany sent their team of rescuers, including doctors and rescue experts, to help find survivors of the quake. Rescue workers are facing challenges, such as the freezing cold conditions which make things more difficult.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that as many as 23 million Turkish and Syrian people will be affected by these quakes. This includes over a million children.
International aid is being sent to the affected areas from South Korea - shown in this picture - to China, Russia, Pakistan Japan, India, Iran and many others. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has thanked countries who have sent and offered help.
Nearly 100 Los Angeles County firefighters are preparing to travel to help in Turkey. US President Joe Biden said his teams were sending people quickly to begin supporting the search and rescue.
Aerial footage shows earthquake aftermath in hard-hit Turkish region of Hatay
UPDATE
UK Firefighters With K9 Have Just Dug Out a Woman and Child ALIVE From Rubble
British rescue crew joins search operation in Turkey
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