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Turkey and Syria plead for disaster support as earthquake death toll rises above 2300

Turkey and Syria plead for disaster support as earthquake death toll rises above 2300
[Photo: Stuff.co]

Offers have poured in from Japan, the EU and others to support Turkey and Syria to deal with the devastating earthquake damage as rescuers continue racing against time to find survivors trapped under rubble.

A powerful 7.8 magnitude quake rocked Turkey and Syria yesterday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 2300 people.

Hours later, a 7.5 magnitude aftershock struck more than 100 kilometres away.

The second jolt in the afternoon caused a multi-storey apartment to topple face-forward onto the street in the Turkish city of Sanliurfa.

The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 quake is expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage in cities and towns across the area, prompting pleas for help from the international community.

[Source: Stuff.co]

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