As reported by Reuters on Tuesday (25/10/2011), currently the focus of the SAR team to evacuate the city of Van and peas, which is located about 100 kilometers north of the capital of Turkey, Istanbul.
Thousands of people are now homeless. They spent a second night outdoors after the earthquake, when the weather is very cold. To eliminate and expel cold dark, they lit a fire around the ruins of their destroyed homes. Some of them also in the tent. Their lives are now dependent on the assistance of donor agencies.
According to the UN, by the earthquake in Turkey is more than 1,000 buildings were destroyed, most of the destroyed building is owned by the poor. A spokesman for the International Red Cross said it had set up assistance to accommodate about 40 thousand people.
Until now, hundreds of people still missing following the earthquake that occurred on Sunday, October 23 on the eastern Turkey. Rescue teams continue to work to find the victims are likely buried in the rubble of buildings.
Previously Director of the Kandilli Earthquake Research Center, Mustafa Erdik, estimates that 500 to 1,000 people died in this earthquake. The earthquake that occurred at a depth of 5 kilometers of this has led to thousands of buildings damaged in the Van and peas. Previously, there was 2 times the earthquake in Turkey in 2009 and left tens of thousands of Turks were killed.
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