Turkey: Adiyaman streets show extent of destruction

(13 Feb 2023)
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Adiyaman - 12 February 2023
1. Various of drive through shots of search and rescue teams, excavators working through debris, destroyed buildings
2. Various of humanitarian aid tents, people in line for food and water from trucks, people camping and destruction at Adiyaman

STORYLINE:
Rescue crews continued to comb through debris in Adiyaman, a week after two powerful earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria.

Reports of rescues are coming less often as the time since the quake reaches the limits of the human body's ability to survive without water, especially in sub-freezing temperatures.

The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes struck nine hours apart in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on Feb. 6.

They killed at least 33,185 and reduced much of towns and cities inhabited by millions to fragments of concrete and twisted metal.

The toll is expected to rise considerably as search teams find more bodies.

A week after the quakes hit, many people were still without shelter in the streets.

Some survivors were waiting in front of collapsed buildings waiting for the bodies of their loved ones to be retrieved.

Many in Turkey blame faulty construction for the vast devastation, and authorities have begun targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed.

At least 131 people were under investigation for their alleged responsibility in the construction of buildings that failed to withstand the quakes, officials said.

Turkey has introduced construction codes that meet earthquake-engineering standards, but experts say the codes are rarely enforced.

In Syria, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths said that the international community has failed to provide aid.

AP video shot by Mehmet Guzel

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