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50,000+ people have been killed in Syria and Turkey by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the most powerful quakes in the region for more than a century.

Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled bitter cold Tuesday in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 7,800 people.

It is feared that the current death toll could double.

Against all the odds, search teams were still pulling people from the rubble on Wednesday, more than 48 hours after the initial 7.8-magnitude quake that has devastated Turkey and Syria.

KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey - It is the last time Mesut Hancer will ever hold his 15-year-old daughter's hand. And despite the icy weather, he refuses to let it go, caressing her waxy fingers after she died in the fearsome earthquake that has devastated southern Turkey and neighbouring Syria. Mesut

Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled bitter cold Tuesday in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 7,800 people. Tremors that inflicted more suffering on a border area, already plagued by conflict, left people on the streets burning deb ..

Officials and medics said 6,957 people had died in Turkey and 2,547 in Syria, bringing the total to 9,504. But that could yet double if the worst fears of experts are realised.

Officially, the death toll from the disaster now stands at 6,957 people dead in Türkiye and 2,547 in Syria, bringing the total to 9,504 — But that could yet double if the worst fears of experts are realized.

SANLIURFA, Türkiye - Rescuers in Türkiye and Syria battled bitter cold Tuesday in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 7,800 people. Rescue workers and volunteers pull out a survivor from the rubble of a destroyed building in Kahr

The Turkish government has refused to accept any assistance from the Republic of Cyprus despite the country suffering immensely from the earthquake that