7.8-magnitude tremor hit early on Monday, levelling buildings while many were still asleep and trapping people under rubble
Turkey and Syria earthquake: follow the latest updates liveWhat we know so farDestruction strikes at night – in pictures
Hundreds of people have been killed as they slept in Turkey and Syria after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit in the early hours of Monday morning, in one of the most powerful quakes in the region in at least a century.
Thousands more were injured as the quake wiped out entire sections of major cities in a region filled with millions of people who have fled the civil war in Syria and other conflicts.
Continue reading…7.8-magnitude tremor hit early on Monday, levelling buildings while many were still asleep and trapping people under rubbleTurkey and Syria earthquake: follow the latest updates liveWhat we know so farDestruction strikes at night – in picturesHundreds of people have been killed as they slept in Turkey and Syria after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit in the early hours of Monday morning, in one of the most powerful quakes in the region in at least a century.Thousands more were injured as the quake wiped out entire sections of major cities in a region filled with millions of people who have fled the civil war in Syria and other conflicts. Continue reading…