Soldiers of the Austrian Forces Disaster Relief Unit (AFDRU) rescued a man alive in Turkey’s earthquake zone on Wednesday. After the devastating earthquake on the Turkish-Syrian border, Austrian soldiers and six rescue dogs support the emergency services on site. Defense Department spokesman Michael Bauer announced this on Twitter.
Since Tuesday, 81 soldiers and four women from the Austrian Forces Disaster Relief Unit (AFDRU) have been deployed to the Turkish province of Hatay. The densely populated region is one of the hardest hit areas after the devastating earthquake. “There are only a few buildings that have not been destroyed. People sleep in their cars under tarpaulins,” the TV reported. AFDRU head Bernhard Lindenberg. “The situation is worse than expected,” he said. The army will therefore be welcomed with open arms.
More than 11,000 dead already
Two days after the earthquake disaster in the border area between Turkey and Syria, hopes for more survivors have faded. By Wednesday afternoon, more than 11,000 bodies had been recovered. There are likely to be many more, as countless victims are still believed to lie beneath the rubble of thousands of collapsed homes. Survivors spent the second night outside in freezing temperatures, exhausted and desperate for help.
Difficult supply situation
Many slept in cars or on the street under blankets. ‘Where are the tents? Where are the trucks with groceries?” grumbled a 64-year-old woman in the southern Turkish city of Antakya, who was hit hard by the quakes. So far she has not seen rescue teams and no food is being distributed. survived the earthquake, but we will die here of hunger or cold.”
Strongest earthquake since 1939 in Turkey
With a magnitude of 7.7 to 7.8, the quake shook the area on the border between Turkey and Syria on Monday night. Another magnitude 7.5 earthquake followed in the same region on Monday afternoon. Thousands of buildings collapsed. The rescue work is a race against time: the critical survival limit for buried people is usually 72 hours.
More strong earthquakes feared in the region
Experts fear that earthquakes of similar magnitude could occur in the near future. “Unfortunately, the danger to the region has not passed,” says Marco Bohnhoff of the German Research Center for Geosciences. The reason is the redistribution of stress at the plate boundary due to Monday’s earthquake.
Source: Krone
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