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were talking breaking news out of turkey where a major earthquake has struck the southern part of the country. officials say the death toll has now risen to at least 17. the u.s. geological survey says the 7.8 magnitude quake was centered east of nadagi in gaziant. p province. officials say multiple buildings have collapsed not just in turkey but also in syria. an aftershock with a magnitude of 6.7 struck northwest of the initial quake about 11 minutes later. a local journalist tells c...

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Early this morning so its still very much the early response stage but we are planning for the next stage as well. i guess it is hard to get those supplies to people because so many of the roads are blocked by this earthquake and there are real logistical challenges. thats right, overnight lots of convoys and trucks left from ankara and damascus and other centres where we have pre—positioned stocks for these kinds of emergencies. but one of the challenges that was brought up by the turkish red...

Suitable accommodation is important for us, the red crescent has started accommodating thousands of people in tents, in northern syria and we want to ensure that peoples basic needs are being met, food blankets, hygiene kits, emergency medicine for people who take them. we have also mobilised search and rescue teams from neighbouring countries and other places, we have the lebanese red cross search and rescue experts arriving in syria last night and early this morning so its still very much the ...

Syria as well. here in turkey i can tell you authorities are now in this response stage right now trying to get all sorts of support teams from the countrys disaster management agency deployed to the region to deal with the search and rescue operations. of course very, very difficult and challenging time for them. this happening right in the middle of this winter storm where a lot of parts of southeastern turkey have been impacted by this snowstorm. this also happening overnight where you would ...

So how do state and federal officials even begin to help people understand what rebuilding is going to look like, whats it going to take? >> there is a process. were still in the response stage. people are still being discovered and rescued, and of course the fatality rate will get higher as we know. were in a 72-hour period where search and rescue is continuing and then you begin to fit it to recovery and thats a traumatic moment for communities because people that are lost are unlikely to be f...