More than 41 people died in the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria

Eleven days after the earthquake – one of the deadliest in the last 100 years – rescuers managed to pull a 17-year-old girl and a 20-year-old woman from the rubble.

“She seemed in good health. She opened and closed her eyes,” said Ali Akdogan, a coal miner, after helping rescue Aleyna Olmez in Kahramanmaras, a town near the epicenter of the earthquake.

However, hope of finding survivors has diminished dramatically.

Many in affected areas face a parallel emergency as they try to gather their belongings in the bitter cold without food, water or toilets, increasing the chances that the disaster will worsen due to disease.

“The needs are enormous, people are suffering and there is no time to waste”, said the secretary general of UN, Antonio Guterres, in a statement, asking for funds to help the victims.

Guterres said the contributions would provide relief for three months to 5,2 million people.

The money would “enable aid organizations to rapidly scale up vital support” in areas such as food security, protection, education, water and shelter, he added.

“I urge the international community to step up and fully fund this crucial effort in response to one of the worst natural disasters of our time.”

(With AFP)

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