Two women have been rescued today after having spent 204 and 205 hours, respectively, trapped in the remains of buildings collapsed by the earthquakes that devastated southeastern Turkey eight days ago. leaving more than 37,000 dead in this country and in Syria.
Ysegul Bayir, a 35-year-old woman, was found alive after spending 205 hours among the rubble of a building in Kahramanmaras, where the first earthquake, of magnitude 7.7, had its epicenter, and taken to a hospital alive, according to what several television stations have shown live.
In the city of Hatay, another of the areas most affected by the tremors, a Syrian refugee was rescued 204 hours after the building collapsed in which he was. Already this morning, two young They have been rescued after 198 hours trapped under rubble at Kahramanmarash.
According to official data, more than 11,000 buildings collapsed during the earthquakes, many of them multi-story apartment blocks where rescue efforts are very complicated – heavy machinery is needed – and the victims are numerous.
risklayer, a German risk analysis companyhas warned that the final death toll could be between 75,000 and 90,000, with Turkish experts putting that toll at as high as 155,000.
Source: Lasexta
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