After the February 6 earthquakes, hundreds of thousands of people in Turkey are living in tents, prefabricated houses or temporary shelters. 20,000 buildings have been destroyed, a total of 71,000 homes or offices, and 105,000 must be demolished as soon as possible for safety reasons.
The devastating earthquakes on February 6, which claimed the lives of 40,689 in Turkey, left hundreds of thousands homeless and thousands injured.
As reported by the Turkish authorities today approx a million people currently reside in Turkey tents, prefabricated houses or a temporary shelter.
To this figure should be added almost Half a million of people who have been evacuated of the areas affected by the earthquake. According to Yunus Seker, president of Turkey’s national emergency service AFAD, they have evacuated 460,945 people from the affected regions and are housing 318,000 of them in public shelters and hotels.
According to the latest figures, released today by the Ministry of Urban Planning, a total of 20,000 buildings 71,000 homes or offices collapsed in the eleven affected provinces.
In all, of the region’s 830,000 buildings surveyed, 105,000 have collapsed or are so badly damaged that they need to be demolished as soon as possible, the ministry said in a statement.
Three-quarters of the total number of buildings inspected have suffered no damage (407,000) or only minor damage (205,000), so they can be immediately inhabited again, as emphasized by Turkey’s Vice President, Fuat Oktay, who has insisted: not enter a house whose sturdiness has not previously been certified by experts.
The Turkish authorities have promised to build up to 100,000 prefabricated houses in the coming months.
Provisional balance of casualties
Seker has specified that the number of verified deaths rises this Sunday to 40,689, marking an increase of 47 from the balance released on Saturday, a still preliminary balance as a significant increase is expected given estimates that there are still tens are of thousands of bodies under the rubble.
The search for survivors has already been completed in almost the entire region, with the exception of the hardest-hit provinces of Kahramanmaras and Hatay, where searches are still being carried out in some 40 buildings, according to Seker.
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Source: EITB
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