more than 50,000 deaths
Martin Griffiths, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Coordinator, said this Saturday. Fears that the final death toll from earthquakes in Syria and Turkey will exceed 50,000He speaks to Sky News.
The humanitarian aid official gave this estimate at a time when the last official balance sheet was released. There were nearly 24,500 deaths this Saturday, primarily in Turkey, where more than 21,000 deaths have been confirmed.
“It’s hard to calculate precisely because we need to keep looking for the rubble, but I’m sure the number will at least double,” Griffiths said during a visit to care centers in Adana, Turkey. He described the extent of the destruction as “terrible” before traveling to the Syrian town of Aleppo.