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Toll rises to over 2,300 in quake-hit Turkey, Syria

AFP | DECCAN CHRONICLE
Published Feb 6, 2023, 8:49 pm IST
Updated Feb 7, 2023, 1:12 am IST
People and emergency teams search for people through the rubble of a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey on Monday. (Photo: AP)
 People and emergency teams search for people through the rubble of a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey on Monday. (Photo: AP)

ISTANBUL: The combined death toll rose to more than 2,300 for Turkey and Syria on Monday from the region's strongest earthquake in nearly a century.

Turkey's emergency services said at least 1,498 people had died in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, with another 810 confirmed fatalities in neighbouring Syria, putting the total at 2,308.

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Location: Turkey, Istanbul, Istanbul




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