Category Earthquake

Two major earthquakes – measuring 7.8 and 7.5 on the magnitude scale – flattened buildings of all kinds and killed thousands of people across southern Turkey and northern Syria. The sight of newly constructed apartments collapsing in the earthquakes that…

Doctors have warned that children are at risk of developing hypothermia and being exposed to waterborne diseases because of earthquakes. Very little humanitarian aid has reached Northwest Syria in the past few days, and medical supplies are running out. More…