Quake survivors in Antakya say they need support

(8 Feb 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Antakya, Turkey - 8 February 2023
1. Wide of city, black smoke rising
HEADLINE: "Scale of quake damage seen in southern Turkey"
2. Pan from smoke rising over city
ANNOTATION: "Severe damage was visible throughout the Turkish city of Antakya on Wednesday in the aftermath of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake."
3. Destroyed buildings, people on the street
ANNOTATION: "A hillside view overlooking the city in Hatay province showed the extent of the destruction."
4. Wide of city, black smoke rising
ANNOTATION: "Black smoke rose from a fire burning two days on from the disaster as search and rescue efforts were still ongoing."
5. Various of people clamoring for aid, aid distribution
ANNOTATION: "Local residents were clamoring on the street in front of the truck as aid was distributed to them."
6. Various of people receiving aid
ANNOTATION: "Some said the disaster had left them without food, water and shelter."
7. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Ceylan Akarca, mother of five children:
"We have no water, no food. We have nothing. I want help and nothing else. I don’t care about shelter so long as my children are safe."
8. Derya Tokgoz, survivor, carrying aid
9. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Derya Tokgoz, survivor:
"We don’t want furnishings (clothes, etc.) When that comes it is grabbed up immediately. We don’t want duvets, blankets, clothing. We get those, but we have nowhere to shelter, nowhere to sleep."
10. Various aid distribution
ANNOTATION: "Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said no one will be left in streets as they endure freezing winter nights."
STORYLINE:
Severe damage was visible throughout the Turkish city of Antakya on Wednesday in the aftermath of a catastrophic earthquake.

A hillside view overlooking the city in Hatay province showed the extent of the destruction.

Earthquake survivors in the Turkish city of Antakya said on Wednesday they need more support to protect their children in the aftermath of the disaster.

Ceylan Akarca, a mother of five, said her family had been left with no food or water.

Aid was being distributed in the city in Hatay province which was hit hard by Monday's 7.8-magnitude quake that struck parts of neighboring Syria as well.

Search teams from more than two dozen countries have joined tens of thousands of local emergency personnel on the ground in Syria and Turkey, and aid pledges have poured in from around the world.

But the scale of destruction from the earthquake and its powerful aftershocks was so immense and spread over such a wide area, including places isolated by Syria’s ongoing civil war, that many people were still waiting for help.

Experts said the survival window for those trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings or unable to access water, food, protection from the elements or medical attention was closing rapidly almost three days after the quake.

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