This search for survivors Earthquakes on February 6 it’s almost donewith a temporary registration 41,156 dead, Turkish officials stated this Monday. Yunus Şeker, Head of AFAD Emergency Service, said that rescue works have been completed in 10 of the 11 provinces affected by the disaster and that only 15 landslides continue in Hatay.
Search teams consisting of approximately 20,000 experts in total, 20,870 buildings destroyedadded.
AFAD has already set up about 300,000 tents in the area to house the survivors, and plans to do so at least. 100,000 prefabricated houses within the next two months. Şeker said that currently 1.3 million people in the affected area are sheltering in tents, manufactured homes or temporary care institutions.
About 1 million people moved to other provinces of the country, 392 thousand of whom were evacuated by the government, and 480 thousand by their own means.
The area affected by the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes covers an area of approximately 100,000 square kilometers and some 13 million people. According to the latest data, 118 thousand buildings in the region, corresponding to approximately 400 thousand houses, were either destroyed or unusable and must be demolished.