Over 17,500 people have died as a result of the earthquake in Syria and the Turkish earthquake

 Over 17,500 people have died as a result of the earthquake in Syria and the Turkish earthquake, and help has reached northwest Syria.

 

More than 17,500 people have died as a result of a massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Thursday, as chances of finding survivors trapped under debris in the bitter cold receded. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake on Monday claimed the lives of 14,351 people in Turkey and 3,162 in Syria, bringing the verified death toll to 17,513. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration has continued to draw criticism. He is set to visit other earthquake-affected communities on Thursday.

 

Tents and hygiene supplies were part of the first relief convoy that arrived in rebel-held northwest Syria on Thursday following the earthquake. Only one border crossing is currently available for life-saving aid to rebel-held areas of Syria with permission from the UN Security Council, and even that proved challenging to access because of the earthquake's devastation. This crossing is in Turkey's southern Hatay province.

 

According to Syria's civil defense, at least 1,930 people died in the big earthquake that struck opposition-held northwest Syria. Syrian civil defense, also known as The White Helmets, announced on Twitter that 1,930 people have died and more than 2,950 have been injured. A spokesman for the foreign ministry said on Thursday that France will maintain its current political stance towards the Syrian government and that relief efforts for the earthquake will be coordinated through non-governmental organizations and the United Nations system. According to Bashar al-Assad, "our political stance is not changing, and we are working in favor of the Syrian nation," said Francois Delmas, the deputy foreign ministry spokesman.

 

According to ratings firm Fitch, the earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria could result in economic losses of more than $4 billion. Economic losses are difficult to predict because of the way the crisis is developing, but Fitch Ratings said they "look likely to exceed" $2 billion and could perhaps go as high as $4 billion.

Due to the low level of insurance coverage in the region, insured losses will likely be substantially lower, at most $1 billion, it noted. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that slammed Turkey and Syria on Monday has already claimed more than 17,500 lives, and the death toll is sure to grow as rescue workers search the rubble for survivors.

 

Rescue personnel was scarce in Antakya, the provincial seat of Hatay, which borders Syria, so locals had to pick their own way through the rubble. Helmets, hammers, iron rods, and ropes were requested repeatedly. Along with 9,000 militaries, more least 12,000 Turkish search and rescue workers are on the ground in the impacted regions. More than 70 nations provided rescue crews and other assistance. However, the disaster's sheer size is frightening.

 

"The space is very large. As he loaded supplies onto a truck at the airport in Adana, German firefighter Johannes Gust said, "I haven't seen anything like this before. According to Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, the earthquake left 20,426 people injured and 5,775 buildings demolished.

 

Two US Agency for International Development teams, each with 80 people and 12 dogs, is scheduled to land in Turkey on Wednesday morning and go to the province of Adiyaman in the southeast to conduct urban search and rescue operations.

James Elder, a spokesman for UNICEF, told journalists in Geneva that thousands of children "may have died" as a result of the earthquake.

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