Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts

Death Toll Over 400 Following Magnitude 7,3 Earthquake

A man stands near a collapsed building after an earthquake, on October 25, 2011 in Van, Turkey. Media are reporting more than 400 people have been killed in the 7.2 earthquake that struck in Eastern Turkey on October 23. The earthquake has left up to 40,000 people homeless in almost freezing conditions. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Getty Images)














Turkey earthquake: Two-week-old baby rescued

Rescue workers pulled a two-week old baby from the wreckage of a building 47 hours after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing hundreds of people.


Turkish rescuers carry Azra Karaduman, a two-week-old baby girl they have saved from under debris of a collapsed building in Ercis, Van, eastern Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. Hundreds of people were killed Sunday after a powerful quake in eastern Turkey. (AP Photo)





Rescue workers carry a baby girl from a collapsed building in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, October 25, 2011. Rescuers pulled a two-week-old baby girl alive from the arms of her mother, who had also survived but was still trapped in the rubble of their apartment on Tuesday, two days after a powerful earthquake in southeast Turkey. REUTERS/Stringer









Turkish rescuers carry Azra Karaduman, a two-week-old baby girl they have saved from under debris of a collapsed building in Ercis, Van, eastern Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. The baby's mother, Semiha, was still alive, pinned next to a sofa inside the flattened building from where the child was rescued. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake toppled some 2,000 buildings in eastern Turkey, Sunday.(AP Photo)






The surviving grandmother of a baby girl rescued from a collapsed building is taken to an ambulance in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, October 25, 2011. Rescuers pulled a two-week-old baby girl alive from the arms of her mother, who had also survived, two days after a powerful earthquake in southeast Turkey. REUTERS/Osman Orsal