Hundreds of Turkey Quake Victims Buried in Mass Graves #shorts | VOA News

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Lines of graves were dug in the Turkish city of Hatay Saturday for the victims of a powerful earthquake that killed more than 25,000 across Turkey and Syria.

The prospect of rescuing more people in Turkey and Syria — trapped under the rubble five days after the 7.8 magnitude and the 7.5 magnitude earthquakes — is fading, but Friday several survivors were pulled from the ruins in Hatay province in Turkey's south, including a woman and her 6-month-old daughter.

Officials say the death toll from the powerful earthquakes that struck the border region between Turkey and Syria on Monday is now more than 25,000, making it the world’s deadliest seismic event since a 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 people in Japan.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday visited Adiyaman province, where he acknowledged the government could have reacted faster to this week’s earthquakes.

"Although we have the largest search and rescue team in the world right now, it is a reality that search efforts are not as fast as we wanted them to be," he said.

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No choice but to bury bodies immediately, because they can't get the required refrigeration equipment before bodies begin to putrify. Terrible dilemma in mass casualty events.

aredditor
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How very sad. May those who have lost loved ones be comforted.

louettesommers
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They most likely took pictures and assigned numbers to the victims. In the future they will probably move some or all after they can be identified. the ground acts as natural refrigeration and the bags will keep the bodies safe from scavengers. This is sadly the only way to handle this many victims.

diminishingreturns_
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This has to be the worse natural disaster, how absolutely heartbreaking!

barbaraamoroso
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In any case this is so sad. I feel very heart broken for all of them. Please God help them in any way you can.

annamorrison
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Oh my Go!. I'm very sad. God bless you.

mywktmt
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أن لله وان الية راجعون الله يرحمهم ويغفر لهم ويجعل مثواهم الجنة في الفردوس الاعلة أن شاء اللٌٰه

tonyaalmar
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Thankful they were returned to their families for their traditional cleansing by the family and burial. 🙏💖🙏

vnxegws
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100's is not thousands. 1000's is not 10's of thousands.

sustainablelifest
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Revelation 9:15, : Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth.

nicolesamuels
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So sad.
Bodies should be wrapped in cotton for burials. Not plastic.

Adriana-vprm
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What is wrong with us….showing these bodies is so low & unnecessary. I pray for all the lives lost & the grieving families. We’re losing empathy in this country, it’s not a good sign with what the world is turning into

lyrastrseed
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I saw this morning people trowing people in ditches, on top off each other. Trown in! with body bags on them. Tossed ánd dropt. So while i wanted to share in face book the messege sudden floopt away. I was sick seeking what i saw.. Not like in this film but realy Tossed ánd trown in. So fucking respect less!

mbsraynnjek
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Barbaric. The town planners should pay

guff
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They found a new born in the debris. His name is Barney Rubble,

mopthermopther
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It's not turkey it's #Kurdistan and this people are kurd not turk
#Kurdistan earthquake

Kurdistan
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إن لله وإن إليه راجعون البقاء لله اللهم اغفر لهم وارحمهم برحمتك الواسعة واسكنهم فسيح جناتك يارب

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