Earthquake: NZ

2023 - 2 - 7

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Fears grow for untold numbers buried by Turkey earthquake (New Zealand Herald)

Rescuers are racing against time to pull survivors from the rubble before they succumbed to cold weather two days after an earthquake tore through southern ...

At least 1020 people have died in the rebel-held northwest, according to the White Helmets, with more than 2300 injured. But that would likely require the approval of President Bashar Assad’s government, which has laid siege to rebel-held areas throughout the civil war. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said 13 million of the country’s 85 million people were affected, and he declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces. A large fire at the port, caused by containers that toppled over during the earthquake, sent thick plumes of black smoke into the sky. But authorities faced criticism from residents of hard-hit Hatay, sandwiched between Syria and the Mediterranean Sea, who say rescue efforts have lagged. Turkey is home to millions of refugees from the war. But rescuers did not have the heavy equipment needed to rescue her. Syria itself is an international pariah under Western sanctions linked to the war. The shaking toppled thousands of buildings and heaped more misery on a region racked by Syria’s 12-year civil war and refugee crisis. In Syria, residents found a crying newborn still connected by the umbilical cord to her mother, who was dead. The death toll climbed above 7700 and was expected to rise further. Snow swirled around rescuers in parts of Turkey.

Syrians in NZ 'heartbroken' over devastating earthquake near ... (Stuff.co.nz)

NZ's Syrian and Turkish communities share in the “absolute horror”, which struck near the two countries' border, killing thousands.

Translating for Mostapha, Ahmad said he had lost friends in the north of Syria, and another in southern Turkey. Some people are yelling, crying under the rubble, but they can’t get to them because there are not enough machines.” In parts of Syria under regime control, including Aleppo, he said the figure rose to 720 deaths and 1430 injuries. [wreckage of collapsed buildings](https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/300800497/desperate-search-for-survivors-after-huge-quake-kills-thousands-in-turkey-syria). [how to help](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/131161795/how-to-help-turkey-and-syria-after-devastating-earthquake) here. [commitment to Syrian refugees](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/immigration/128132348/new-zealand-fails-to-meet-refugee-quota-for-third-year-in-a-row-short-by-1000). [Government has pledged $1.5 million](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/131163209/turkeysyria-earthquake-nz-to-give-15m-while-29-kiwi-registered-in-turkey-one-in-syria) to help, of which $1m will go to Turkey and $500,000 to Syria. [Syria’s civil war has raged since 2011](https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/300251509/syrian-civil-war--a-decade-of-savage-loss). [Video captures the moment a tower block collapses in Turkey earthquake aftershock](https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/300800866/video-captures-the-moment-a-tower-block-collapses-in-turkey-earthquake-aftershock?rm=a) [Death toll in Turkey-Syria earthquake may rise to 20,000, WHO warns](https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/300800497/death-toll-in-turkeysyria-earthquake-may-rise-to-20000-who-warns?rm=a) [World Health Organisation warned the figure could soon surpass 20,000](https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/300800497/death-toll-in-turkeysyria-earthquake-may-rise-to-20000-who-warns). [earthquake](https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/300800666/in-pictures-magnitude-78-quake-hits-turkey-syria) hit southern Turkey, close to the Syrian border on Monday (local time), with another magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Turkey following nine hours later.

Turkish president declares emergency as Turkey-Syria quake death ... (RNZ)

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by two earthquakes that left a trail of destruction.

In Syria, the toll was at least 1932, according to the government and a rescue service in the insurgent-held northwest. A lot has been put in place since the Canterbury earthquake sequence, including to address things like unreinforced masonry. But also what we might be able to offer in return." "In my whole life I haven't seen anything like this, despite everything that has happened to us." More than 12,000 Turkish search and rescue personnel are working in the affected areas, along with 9000 troops. "The international community supported New Zealand extensively following the Christchurch earthquake. We are under the snow, without a home, without anything," said Murat Alinak, whose home in Malatya had collapsed and whose relatives are missing. "It's now a race against time," World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva. The death toll in Turkey rose to 5894, Vice President Fuat Oktay said. The government last year Some areas were without fuel and electricity. One United Nations official said it was feared thousands of children may have been killed.

NZ to provide $1.5m in support to Turkey and Syria after quakes (1 News)

New Zealand will provide humanitarian support for Turkey and Syria following earthquakes that killed over 4000, Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said today.

By contributing directly to the IFRC appeals, emergency responders on the ground can benefit from additional assistance immediately." [confirmed](https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/02/07/29-kiwis-currently-in-turkey-amid-deadly-earthquake-mfat/) at least 29 New Zealanders are currently in Turkey and one in Syria. "We know a little about earthquakes in New Zealand and the significant effects that they can have on people, so our hearts are with them."

World Vision New Zealand Launches Appeal To Help Those ... (Scoop.co.nz)

World Vision New Zealand has launched an appeal to provide urgent supplies to children and families as the toll of the devastating Türkiye-Syria earthquake ...

The generosity and compassion from Kiwis will help provide this emergency aid and support long-term recovery for families who have lost everything,” he says. Bayldon says World Vision is well-positioned to help having worked in the region since the civil war erupted in Syria in 2011. Thankfully, we already have teams and partner organisations in Turkiye and Syria so we're able to respond swiftly. “World Vision has done this before – and we know what to do. These are families already displaced by a civil war who are now homeless again.” “We are seeing families desperately trying to find a place to go.

Turkey and Syria earthquakes: New Zealand preparing to send ... (Newshub)

The New Zealand Government and aid agencies are preparing to send experts and health specialists to Turkey and Syria. The earthquakes there are set to ...

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Newborn baby saved from rubble (New Zealand Herald)

Residents in a northwest Syrian town discovered a crying infant whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried underneath the rubble of a ...

In another dramatic rescue Monday evening in the same town, a toddler was pulled alive from the wreckage of a collapsed building. Video from the White Helmets, the emergency service in the region, shows a rescuer digging through crushed concrete amid twisted metal until the little girl, named Nour, appeared. Maarouf said he believed the baby had been born about three hours before being found, given how far her temperature had dropped. The newborn girl was found with her umbilical cord still connected to her mother, Afraa Abu Hadiya, who was found dead, they said. The rescuers found the baby more than 10 hours after the quake struck. A neighbour cut the cord, and she and others rushed with the baby to a children’s hospital in the nearby town of Afrin, where she has been kept in an incubator, said the physician treating the baby, Dr Hani Maarouf.