Reported by|Anna Sam

Canada - agencies - C J

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Sadly crisis in Turkey and Syria over the deadly earthquakes hit both countries and left over 10 thousand dead and more than 30 thousand wounded people while the destroyed building was estimated with 5 thousand in turkey alone.

freezing weather and homeless citizens who lost their homes and families under the destruction holds back all the efforts of the rescue teams.

USA, MEXICO, CHINA, and others sent aid to Turkey to search for survival persons.
Extreme cold weather is impeding rescue efforts on the second day of searching for survivors of deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
The Turkish president announced a state of emergency in the areas that were hit by the deadly earthquakes

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Rescue teams said that low-freezing temperatures in the worst-hit areas raised concerns about those left homeless or still trapped under the rubble.

In the Turkish city of Gaziantep, the epicenter of Monday’s 7.8 magnitude quake, the overnight forecast for Tuesday was -5 degrees Celsius.

In neighboring Syria, the temperature in the northeastern city of Aleppo could drop as low as -2 degrees Celsius, according to the Weather Channel.

local News said that the death toll in Turkey is about 7,700 persons and they expect it to increase as the effort of rescuing goes on for the second day.
the matter is not different in Syria as the numbers speak about more than 2 thousand dead and they expected more victims as the expectation of survival is impossible