People try to reach trapped residents in a collapsed building in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, early on Feb. 6, 2023. (Mahmut Bozarsan/AP Photo) ANKARA, Turkey —A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling buildings and killing at least 568 people. With hundreds injured, the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched the rubble in cities and towns across the area.
Rescue workers and residents frantically searched for survivors under the rubble of crushed buildings in multiple cities on both sides of the border. In one quake-struck Turkish city, dozens pulled away chunks of […]
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