Video: More than 24,000 dead after earthquake on Turkish-Syrian border

STORY: The salvage and rescue work continues unabated. Even if early on Saturday morning, more than 120 hours after the severe tremors on Monday, the chances of finding survivors have diminished. The number of dead after the earthquake in the Turkish-Syrian border region has now risen to over 24,000. trend continues to increase. Around 21,000 dead were recovered in the affected areas of Turkey alone, according to the Afad civil protection authority on Saturday morning. Many people are still missing under the rubble. Hundreds of thousands were left homeless by the tremors. According to Turkey, around 24.4 million people are affected by the earthquake. According to the authorities, almost 93,000 people were also brought out of the earthquake areas in Turkey. More than 166,000 emergency services are involved in rescue and relief operations. Almost 1,900 aftershocks have been registered since the first tremor on Monday morning.

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