Four people, including a child, lost their lives and 1,442 people went missing due to Hurricane Gabrielle, which hit northern New Zealand. More than 10 thousand people were displaced and 160 thousand households were left without electricity. Authorities have closed highways in the region due to landslides and collapses. Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty said […]
The Russian rescue team that carried out search and rescue efforts and humanitarian aid activities in many regions of Türkiye, where severe earthquakes dealt substantial damage to, returned to their country. The team, consisting of more than 150 personnel, was greeted by a marching band at the airport in Moscow. Russian people also showed interest […]
After their house in Gaziantep, Türkiye was destroyed by the severe earthquakes in the country, the Çay family saved an about 4-meter-long dolphin that washed up on a shore near an hotel in Alanya, where they temporarily settled in. Reporting the situation to authorities, the family first pulled the dolphin by its tail and dragged […]
Search and rescue efforts continue after the severe earthquakes that occurred in Kahramanmaraş and felt 10 different cities in Turkey. On the 9th day of the disaster, the team of Kosovo Search and Rescue Association, who deployed to Hatay to support the rescue efforts in the country, rescued a 3-year-old girl from rubble in Antakya. […]
A truck carrying nitric acid has overturned on the Interstate 10 highway in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Following the accident, a toxic substance leaked from the truck. Two-way traffic on the highway was stopped, and people who residing within 800 meters of the area were required to leave. According to the authorities, the truck’s driver died […]
A total of 127 bristle tents sent by Kyrgyzstan for earthquake victims have been set up in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye. Flying to Kahramanmaraş to visit the local authorities and receive information about the search and rescue efforts, Kyrgyz Minister of Emergency Situations Boobek Acikeyev said, “Such incidents must not reoccur. We are with you no matter what. […]
A minute’s silence was held before Champions League football matches between Paris Saint-Germain FC-Bayern Munich and Milan-Tottenham. The footballers marked of respect for victims of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria before the match which played in France and Italy.
NATO Defence Ministers met at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The Ministers of Defence held a minute of silence for the victims of the earthquakes in Türkiye before the session on the first day of the summit. Reminding everyone of the earthquake that occurred in Türkiye, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said, “Allies are providing much […]
Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe, said that the earthquake that occurred in Türkiye, which killed tens of thousands and injured more than 100,000 in Türkiye and Syria, has been the biggest natural disaster that Europe has seen in the last 100 years. Noting that it will take time to […]
Two earthquakes, one with a magnitude of 7.7 in the center of Pazarcık in Kahramanmaraş, and the other with a magnitude of 7.6 in the center of Elbistan, hit Turkey on February 6, 2023. There were 1,891 aftershocks after the earthquakes. The Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake caused a rift dividing a 35-decare olive orchard in the middle […]