With more than 9,500 people dead, the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria is the deadliest since a 2011 temblor and tsunami in Japan.
Specially trained L.A. County firefighters make up one of two U.S. teams assisting in search-and-rescue operations in Turkey and Syria.Syrian officials said the bodies of more than 100 Syrians who died during the earthquake in Turkey were brought back home for burial through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing.
Emergency workers hunt for survivors in the rubble of a building in Adana, Turkey, that was flattened by Monday’s earthquake. The cold also made life miserable for those who lost their homes. Many survivors in Turkey have had to sleep in cars, outside or in government shelters. The quake comes at a sensitive time for Erdogan, who faces presidential and parliamentary elections in May amid an economic downturn and high inflation. Perceptions that his government mismanaged the crisis could severely hurt his standings.
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