More than 46,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria and the toll is expected to soar, with some 2,64,000 apartments in Turkey destroyed and many still missing as rescuers listen for signs of life under the rubble, reports Al Jazeera and Hindustan Times.
Total number of people killed in Turkey has hit 40,642. The Syrian government and the UN say more than 5,800 people have died there.
As Turkey tries to manage its worst modern disaster, concerns were growing over the victims of the tragedy in Syria, with the World Food Programme (WFP) pressuring authorities in the northwest to stop blocking access to the area as it seeks to help hundreds of thousands of people ravaged by earthquakes.
Twelve days after the quake hit, workers from Kyrgyzstan tried to save a Syrian family of five from the rubble of a building in Antakya city in southern Turkey.
Meanwhile, the Austrian foreign minister has voiced full solidarity with Turkey after the deadly earthquakes.
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