Thursday 3 November 2011

Turkey earthquake, no one is safe, and natural disasters to strike everywhere

An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the eastern Turkey on Sunday with the Institute of seimological estimate up to 1000 people have been lying dead under the rubble of dozens of buildings collapsed.A powerful earthquake struck, and the strongest earthquake to hit the country for years, and its aftershocks, the east of the big city and most of the population of the Kurds."The estimated between 500 and 1,000 people were killed in the earthquake," said Professor Mustafa Erdik, director of the Institute Kandilli seismology in Istanbul, at a news conference.Were not talking in the earlier reports of injuries, but not many feared trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings and officials warned they were struggling to assess the extent of the damage.The death toll passed 600, and now 601. The number of tents provided to 43367 (8639 from international sources). Has provided 165,531 blankets. That a lot of blankets if you can imagine the weight! But remember that it is very cold in the province of Van in the moment, it's so high up! . The number of aftershocks also to 1561, with some of those additional count in the lower numbers.The number of casualties in 4152 is still injured.And killed 596 people.4440 now search and rescue 0.1710 medical workers, search dogs and 18 651 construction equipment and vehicles, including 146 ambulances, generators 143, Width 77.95 portable toilets 0.42711 tents (including 8166 of foreign aid), and 54 tent shelters collective 0.69 in tents purpose, and 65 prefabricated houses 0.2300 homes Maulana 0.160360 blankets and 1179 quilts and 37 mobile kitchens, and kitchen appliances 3051.6899 stoves, catalytic, and sleeping bags 5792, and 1 mobile kitchen exist.Number of aftershocks is now 1400.

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