After powerful earthquakes struck southern Turkey, Eylem Sahutoglu and her family endured two weeks of freezing nights under a blue tarpaulin. Then word came from government engineers who had inspected their building: They could return home. But on Monday night, before they could move back into their house in Hatay Province, the earth began shaking […]
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6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Southern Turkey
ADANA, Turkey — A powerful new earthquake shook southern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Monday evening, spreading panic among survivors and trapping people under more collapsed buildings only two weeks after a devastating double tremor nearby destroyed more than 100,000 buildings, killed more than 46,000 people and left more than a million homeless. The 6.3-magnitude […]
Earthquake Shatters Rebuilt Lives of Syrian Refugees in Turkey
First, Syria’s civil war drove Hind Qayduha from her home in the city of Aleppo. Then, conflict and joblessness forced her family to flee two more times. Two years ago, she came to southern Turkey, thinking she had finally found safety and stability. But when a powerful earthquake struck a week ago, it destroyed their […]
Latest Turkey-Syria Earthquake Updates: Death Toll Passes 19,000
The European Union will work with the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to get aid to both opposition- and government-controlled areas of Syria, an E.U. official said Wednesday, after Syria’s government lodged a formal request for aid with the bloc two days after a catastrophic earthquake. The bloc, a major donor of […]
Turkey-Syria Earthquake Updates: Death Toll Passes 12,000 as Desperation Builds
The European Union will work with the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to get aid to both opposition- and government-controlled areas of Syria, an E.U. official said Wednesday, after Syria’s government lodged a formal request for aid with the bloc two days after a catastrophic earthquake. The bloc, a major donor of […]
Grieving Turkish Diaspora Rallies to Support Turkey Earthquake Victims
As they reckon with shocking images on social media and the long wait for news from home, the world’s Turkish diaspora, which includes some 20 million people, has rallied to provide support to one another and send aid to their family members far away. In Melbourne, Australia, where the Turkish-Australian community exceeds an estimated 300,000 […]
Turkey-Syria Earthquake Kills at Least 5,400: Live Updates
The only crossing between Syria and Turkey that is approved by the United Nations for transporting international aid into Syria is not functioning because of earthquake damage to roads around it, according to U.N. officials, complicating an already fraught response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis. The crossing, known as Bab al-Hawa, has been the lone […]
Earthquake Kills At Least 2,100 in Turkey and Syria: Live News Updates
A quake that struck a densely-populated part of southeastern Turkey and that was felt as far away as Israel and Cyprus was strong and shallow enough to be lethal on a devastating scale, seismologists fear. Authorities in Syria and Turkey said at least 200 people have died and expect the toll to rise. The earthquake, […]
Powerful Earthquake Kills at Least 162 in Indonesia; Toll Expected to Mount
BANGKOK — A powerful earthquake struck Indonesia’s main island of Java on Monday, killing at least 162 people, injuring hundreds more and shaking tall buildings in the capital, Jakarta, 60 miles away. Many people were believed to be still trapped beneath the rubble, leading to fears that the death toll would sharply increase. The magnitude […]
Strong Earthquake Shakes Southwestern China
State media said more than 40 people were killed, but communications in the landslide-prone area were disrupted and the full damage was unclear.