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(CNN) -- More than 33,000 people have died across Turkey and Syria since a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck on Monday, as hopes of rescuing more survivors dwindle amid freezing conditions.
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The total number of dead was expected to rise much higher.
Austria’s military suspended rescue operations in Turkey on Saturday due to the “security situation” in the aftermath of this week’s devastating earthquakes that have killed more than 26,000 people so far.
"We would like to continue to help, but the circumstances are what they are," he said. Some 82 rescue workers from Austria's armed forces have been in Antakya, Turkey, since Feb. 7 and their specialists have freed nine people from the rubble.