An earthquake occurred at 04:17 last night in the Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş. After this earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7, which affected 10 provinces, there were rumors that search and rescue teams did not come from many regions. AFAD President Yunus Sezer made a statement about this claim.
AFAD President Sezer announced that there is no inaccessible region!
Disaster and Emergency Management (AFAD) President Yunus Sezer stated in his statement about earthquake zones that there is no area that cannot be reached and that reinforcement search and rescue teams are constantly sent.
Yunus Sezer’s statements are as follows;
Our interventions under the coordination of our ministers in the region and our governor’s office and search and rescue efforts continue with AFAD and other units intensively. Hopefully, we will carry out these search and rescue efforts more actively before our losses increase.
We do not have an inaccessible area, but our reinforcements continue with search and rescue units. There are those who have arrived, and our reinforcements continue to reach them, both by land and by air. As we said, all the resources of the country have now been sent to the disaster area under the coordination of our ministers, with the instructions of our President. Search and rescue activities continue by accelerating.
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Earthquake report: Number of dead, injured and destroyed buildings [Güncel]
We update and share the number of dead, injured and destroyed buildings announced as a result of the Southeast Anatolian earthquake.
According to the latest statements 1,762 casualties And 11 thousand 119 wounded exists. On the other hand, according to AFAD data, in the earthquake zone search and rescuein 9 thousand 698, Psychological support for 730, food and nutrition if for 975 personnel are employed.
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In the event of an earthquake, do not forget to follow only the explanations of the authorized institutions and call only 112 without panicking. So what do you guys think about this issue? You can share your views with us.