Setting a big task for ■■■■ Taylor to sell that water.
■■■■■■■ Hell!
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Crazy.
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That is one of the most terrifying things I’ve seen. Devastating. What a tragedy.
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3500 confirmed dead. And its only Day 1. Those thousands injured and many buried likely dead. Tragic just doesnt come close. Dual quakes, all in a region beset by years of conflict.
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Affecting 10 provinces in Turkey, with a population of 13.5 million. Airfields in those provinces out of action.
Is Turkey known for having earthquakes?
Last big one was in 1999, 7.6, 17 -18k deaths, but only one province.
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Yes, very much so,
Just in the last 20 odd years:
October 2020
A magnitude 7 earthquake near Samos, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea near Turkey’s coast, killed at least 24 people in Turkey and caused more casualties in Greece.
January 2020
A magnitude 6.7 quake shook eastern Turkey, killing at least 22 people, injuring hundreds and causing tremors in Syria, Georgia and Armenia.
- Thanks for reading The Times.
October 2011
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake in eastern Turkey killed at least 138 people and injured about 350. The quake was centered in Van Province, not far from the border with Iran, and it was felt strongly in nearby villages and some parts of northern Iraq.
March 2010
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake also struck eastern Turkey, killing 51 people. One village was largely destroyed and four others were heavily damaged. A second quake with a 5.6 magnitude subsequently hit the same area, among scores of aftershocks.
August 1999
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck the [western Turkish city of Izmit killed more than 17,000 people.
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Horrific.
The WHO estimated a similar figure this morning too. They said something like an 8-fold increase on current mortality estimates (at the time it was 3-4 thousand), which is in the same ball park.
Absolutely horrific.
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You can see from the number of collapsed buildings that there would be many people involved. Looks like it struck at night, and if that is the case, most people in those towns would have been at home and asleep. At least during the day people would have some chance of running outside to escape. I fear this death toll will be horrendously high.
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What is it with Syria snd wanting to kill its own people?
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That would be the Kurd held region backed by the US (opposed and attacked by Turkey) and only recently opened to humanitarian aid?
The UN and international NGOs have been in Syria for years with the assent of the Assad regime
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Yep. The rebel held areas along the Turkish border have copped it the hardest. This is the area where Syria and Russia have been bombing hospitals, so the emergency capacity is negligible at best.
The camps holding ISIS brides and their children , including Australian.
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