Turkish doctors warn that the earthquake zone is ill-prepared for winter

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The Turkish Medical Association has urged better winter preparations amid the flooding in the regions hit by the February earthquakes. Recent storms in the Hatay region have shown that they are completely unprepared for winter, the association’s regional chairman Sevdar Yilmaz said on Tuesday.

In Hatay, 160,000 people are being housed in containers and about a million people in tents or other makeshift accommodations. Photos from the province showed, among other things, flooded containers and tents. The water also rose several centimeters high at the hospital in the city of Antakya after heavy rain. According to Yilmaz, one person died from electrocution from open cables. All this was avoidable, says Yilmaz.

On February 6, devastating earthquakes struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria. More than 50,000 people died. There are still many people living in emergency shelter.

Source: Krone

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