Three weeks after a terrible earthquake devastated the area, a 5.6 magnitude quake struck southern Turkey on Monday, forcing some already damaged houses to fall and killing at least one person, according to authorities.
According to Yunus Sezer, the head of the nation’s disaster management organisation, AFAD, more than 100 other people were hurt as a result of the earthquake, which was focused in the town of Yesilyurt in the Malatya region.
More than 20 structures fell down. In Yesilyurt, a father and daughter who were buried in the debris of a four-story structure were rescued but sustained injuries.
To gather possessions, the two had gone inside the ruined structure. Search and rescue workers were rummaging through the wreckage of two damaged buildings that had fallen on some parked automobiles elsewhere in Malatya, according to HaberTurk. If someone was trapped beneath the debris, it was unclear.
The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that ravaged sections of southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6 also devastated Malatya, one of 11 Turkish provinces.
More than 48,000 people died as a result of the earthquake in both nations, and 185,000 buildings in Turkey were destroyed or severely damaged.
The head of AFAD warned residents against going into damaged structures because there is still a risk from powerful aftershocks. Since February 6, more than 10,000 aftershocks have struck the earthquake-affected area.
The enormous earthquake is thought to have inflicted $43.2 billion in “direct damages,” according to the World Bank, which is the equivalent of 4% of the nation’s GDP in 2021. The World Bank stated that the cost of recovery and reconstruction may potentially double, and that GDP losses would further increase the cost of the earthquake.
1.25 million individuals were predicted to be temporarily homeless by the World Bank. To support the children impacted by the earthquake, supporters of the Turkish soccer team Besiktas on Sunday during a game tossed plush animals onto the field. The grounds of the stadium were littered with toys and winter clothing that were tossed there to be given to kids in the earthquake-affected areas.
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