Drone footage over Kahramanmaraş shows scale of earthquake damage

Aerial footage over the Turkish city of Kahramanmaraş showed the scale of destruction, two days after several earthquakes struck south-east Turkey. Buildings can be seen in the footage reduced to debris and collapsed concrete mounds. 

The earthquake's death toll across Syria and Turkey has now risen to more than 9,000 people, as Turkish and international rescue efforts continue across affected regions. Snowy weather conditions and damaged infrastructure have hampered those efforts. The WHO has warned that the death toll could rise up to 20,000.

The Guardian on YouTube:

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[electrolux]

Yardıma gelen ve bizim için dua eden bütün milletlere içtenlikle teşekkür ederim 😞✌️

[sakra]

I am writing from Jerusalem. We sent 500 people from Israel to help you.
My doctor husband is there now, we hope we can alleviate a little of the terrible suffering caused by this natural disaster.
The Israeli rescue team managed to rescue 20 people from under the rubble. Although it is a small number, each person is a whole world.

[Rosie]

My deepest condolences and prayers to all who have lost loved ones and all
those who have lost their homes also, I pray the world stands up and all
help the people of Turkey & Syria and surrounding areas 🕊🙏❤😭😭

[aliaslantas]

Ben bir türküm 9 saatlik ara ile 2 büyük deprem oldu ve 14 milyon insanı etkiledi zor bir durum yardım eden herkese teşekkür ederiz

[andrewbell]

This is absolutely devastating. Condolences to those who lost their lives ones.

[TheCarGuy]

prayers to all who have lost loved ones and all
those who have lost their homes

[stephaniecook]

We have never seen such widespread devastation. It's so overwhelming. My heart goes out to this Country. I hope they get more help soon.

[leedickinson]

Absolute devastation.I just hope they can save as many lives as possible

[benordek]

I am very far from the earthquake area, but I felt the shaking nonetheless. intensity of the earthquake 7.8

[BMW_]

if i didnt know this was from a earthquake i would have assumed it was from bombing. The sheer amount of destruction is unbelievable.

[Dragon._.]

Господи Боже !😵А я вспомнила!! Путин говорил про какие-то
*кресты* 🇸🇪 на танках *леопарды* !!😵 И в *Швеции* сожгли Коран !!😵😵😵

[ibrahmgokce]

I am from Kahramanmaraş. Kahraman means The Hero. Many Thanks for All Rescue Team Members from all over the world. They are now our Heroes...

[russ]

It is so hard to think about those who must be trapped and hurt freezing with no food and the building are piles rather than completely flat there is room under it all and I can imagine there must have been a fairly large number of people who survived for at least a little while after the shaking stopped.

[sabinakoka]

I cannot imagine how many people are still under the rubble

[Wutzmename]

The fact they didn't use rebar reinforced concrete to build in an area known to be on a fault line and earthquakes is extremely irresponsible and upsetting!!

[HungryHipster]

Such chaos in such a beautiful place. Prayers for the land as well as the people.

[cjane_world]

It makes me so angry to see how many buildings are still standing!

I hope that the architects and construction workers responsible for this disaster will rot in prison!

RIP

[Haplo-san]

10k People lost and the number is increasing but I still wonder if millions of people hurt by the earthquake will ever get a piece of awarness after this huge disaster and make stronger buildings and demand strict controls over constructions even if it means to pay higher real estate costs/prices? Or will they demand nothing and keep looking for the cheapest structure available. Future will show. Marmara region (also where the city Istanbul located) which is home to 26 million population still waiting for the next big earthquake for the past 24 years; they lived an earthquake in August 1999 with 7.4 magnitude and lost 18k people, I myself lost three relatives and many friends and 24 years later, people still doesn't seem to learn from mistakes.

[YTcanLetUsDown]

I love how the trees are still standing.

[efrosynihobbs]

Omg, there aren't enough rescuers to search such a large area and not enough time to dig everyone out. Can more people be brought in from neighbouring countries to assist? I dread the thought that all these ruins will become vast graveyards. How utterly tragic.