Earthquakes

The powerful quake started with a jolt and was followed by continuous shaking.

The earthquake was generated from a depth of 48km, which is why it was felt “more widely and strongly,” GenoNet reported. A second 4.0 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 78km was recorded just over 20 minutes after the first, leading to weak shaking felt by nearly 4000 people within an hour of first reports. “It’s a difficult time for the (North) Island,” it said. GeoNet reported that the earthquake “caused a long and strong shake felt widely across the North Island and Marlborough region”. The quake was reportedly felt by thousands of people within an hour of first reports of the incident, which occurred at 7.38pm local time (5.38pm AEST). [cyclone Gabrielle ripped through the nation](https://7news.com.au/weather/cyclone), causing [devastating landslides.](https://7news.com.au/weather/severe-weather)

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has shaken tens of thousands of New Zealanders on Wednesday evening, jolting both islands in the wake of former Tropical Cyclone ...

[February 15, 2023] [are dead in the wake of the cyclone.](https://www.news.com.au/world/pacific/cyclone-gabrielle-devastates-new-zealand/news-story/1934834976c786015230087e8328e687) At the antman preview screening in Wellington, earthquake just hit and like a third of the theatre is like nah we’re outta here— flatboy sim (@tobefairbrother) [#mafsaunz] [February 15, 2023] A steady rumble reportedly followed afterwards. [#eqnz] [February 15, 2023] Never ever liked earthquakes, but I’m so grateful there’s no big damage, and we’re safe. We received over 61k felt reports.— GeoNet (@geonet) “At the Antman preview screening in Wellington, (an) earthquake just hit and like a third of the theatre is like nah we’re outta here,” she said. [#eqnz] [pic.twitter.com/groahGzrtY] [February 15, 2023] What was scariest was how loud it was 😳🥺— Rewa (@itsrewahawkins) One woman at a preview screening of the upcoming Antman movie, said a third of the theatre fled when the earthquake struck.

Death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquakes surpasses 41000 as UN appeals for $397m to help Syrian survivors.

Turkish authorities say 35,418 people have been killed in the country. search Search

Situation Report in English on Türkiye and 1 other country about Food and Nutrition, Health, Earthquake, Flood and more; published on 14 Feb 2023 by IBC.

Unlike Turkiye, before the earthquakes, Syria already hosted the highest number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the world (6.8 million estimated), with nearly 80 percent displaced for at least five years and further, 85 percent of households were unable to meet their basic needs in 2022. Meanwhile today the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released its flash appeal for the whole of Syria, calling for emergency earthquake relief funding requirement of $397.6 million dollars to meet the needs of 4.9 million in the most acute need, mainly in Northwest Syria (population 4.5 million). With immense relief efforts still, nine days in, shelter from the cold February winter is urgently needed for thousands of families in addition to basic needs for the confirmed 211,000 completely destroyed households so far where residents lost everything in the destruction. According to the Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management AFAD as of Tuesday, 195, 962 residents from the 10-city zone had been evacuated to other provinces and the Government of Turkiye estimates that over 2 million people have evacuated by their own means. The Government of Turkiye reiterated today as part of its relief efforts for its citizens that it will provide 100,000TL to families of those deceased from the earthquake, as well as reimburse for travel expenses and accommodation for up to one year. It is estimated that thousands of people still lie under the rubble in the hardest hit areas of Iskenderun and Antakya in Hatay, Islahiye/Gaziantep, and Elbistan/Kahramanmaras among other areas.

Almost 61000 people across the country reported feeling the quake, which was centred 50km northwest of Paraparaumu at a depth of 48km.

The majority of those people reported the quake as light, while 72 said it was extreme. Geonet classified the quake as “strong”. She saw some people try and get under the tables. We received over 61k felt reports.— GeoNet (@geonet) Another employee was sitting at a table when it happened and thought “someone was shaking their leg”, causing the table to wobble. [from the cyclone](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/weather-news/300807300/cyclone-gabrielle-live-updates-deaths-destruction-and-evacuations-as-force-of-storm-continues) and now getting shaken by that earthquake”. By 9.40pm train services had returned to regular services. “I thought it was the wind to begin with.” “I was looking out the window for a plague of locusts.” “We were just standing talking around the table, and a few people started to hold the table,” she said. More than 60,600 people from the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island reported feeling the quake on Geonet by 8.10pm. The magnitude-6.3 quake struck at 7.38pm on Wednesday and was centred 50km northwest of Paraparaumu, at a depth of 48km.

Christian Atsu, who previously played for English clubs Chelsea and Newcastle, signed with Hatayspor in Turkey late last year.

The club is based in Antakya, near the epicenter of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck in the early hours of Feb. Ghana's ambassador to Turkey said last week she was also searching for Atsu. Sechere also had said in messages to the Associated Press on Feb. 5, earning him praise from his new club hours before the earthquake struck. Atsu scored late in injury time to give Hatayspor a 1-0 win over Istanblul-based Kasimpaşa S.K. At least 35,000 people have died in the earthquakes.

The organization has launched a $43M appeal to support the earthquake response, with likely more to come.

Their goal is to support the damaged medical facilities, focusing on the high number of trauma patients and those with catastrophic injuries. He added that 26 million people across both countries are in need of humanitarian assistance. The powerful earthquakes that struck central Turkey and northwest Syria just over a week ago are the "worst natural disaster in the WHO European Region for a century," said Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization's regional director for Europe.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the death toll in Turkey from last week's earthquake increased to 35,418; Syrian officials have said at least 5,800 ...

[a 35-year-old woman who was believed to have been buried for more than 200 hours](https://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/209-saatte-2-mucize-kurtulus-daha-enkazdan-esiyle-birlikte-sag-cikarildi) in the Kahramanmaraş region, citing state broadcaster TRT Haber. But Nemer said that only part of the East Anatolian fault line was broken in the recent earthquake. It may be right now, in a short time, or in a few years." ] ["I was watching the bodies in front of me by the fire and I just started crying," he said. The organization said the vehicles are carrying blankets, gas cans and mattresses. The funding will be needed to provide shelter, health care, food, water, sanitation, education, nutrition and protection services, the UN said. In another instance, he said, a woman escaped out a door when a collapse began but lost her husband and two children.] ["Her husband, he was holding each child in a hand. Aldeen, the founder of Team Humanity, is a veteran aid and rescue worker who has operated in Greece, Syria, Ukraine and Afghanistan. "He died while he was still holding his children, a child in each hand." The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes struck nine hours apart in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on Feb. "The conditions are like in an Armageddon movie; it’s unbelievable. The whole city smells of dead people."

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near the New Zealand capital Wellington on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, ...

Geological Survey said, as the nation grapples with widespread landslides and flooding across a sodden landscape after a cyclone. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near the New Zealand capital Wellington on Wednesday, the U.S.

$15 million will also go to help conflict-affected Syrians and their host communities in the region; An Australian search-and-rescue team in southern Türkiye ...

[to have found] their family members," Mr Dunbar said In addition to the $8 million of earthquake aid, Australia will provide partner agencies $15 million to assist conflict-affected Syrians and their host communities in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. "Australia sends our deepest condolences to the people of Türkiye and Syria affected by the earthquake," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tweeted on Wednesday, after signing signed a condolence book on behalf of all Australia at the embassy of Türkiye in Canberra. - Australia will send $4.5 million to Türkiye and $3.5 million to Syria, in addition to $10 million already pledged - $15 million will also go to help conflict-affected Syrians and their host communities in the region Australia will send an additional $8 million in aid to Türkiye and Syria, taking its total contribution to the earthquake-hit countries to $18 million.

More than 41000 people have died in Turkey and Syria, after a deadly earthquake rocked the region on 6 February.

The emotional toll of such a large scale tragedy is also weighing on survivors, many of whom have lost family members and friends. Previously the grisly record was held by the 1939 Erzincan earthquake which killed 33,000 people. Sanctions imposed on the country have limited the routes into the country for aid workers and supplies, and delays in temporarily lifting them has resulted in a slow response to a situation where time is of the essence.

People have reported abnormal animal activity in the lead-up to the tragic earthquake in Turkey and Syria. But what does the science say?

Whereas rodents can hear the high frequency sounds that emanate from shattering [species](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/12/07/scientists-are-asking-schoolchildren-to-help-track-marine-life-fleeing-from-warming-oceans) in different regions could … [rocks](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/09/07/greenpeace-is-using-boulders-in-the-fight-against-bottom-trawlers-but-why). They precede more violent secondary waves, which can shake the ground and topple buildings. [‘early-warning’ system](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/03/23/early-warning-systems-will-protect-everyone-on-earth-in-5-years-un-announces)? [animal behaviour](https://www.euronews.com/green/2020/09/16/these-funny-animal-photos-are-combining-comedy-with-conservation),” the authors wrote. In 2016, thousands of birds took flight before an earthquake struck Oklahoma. [nitial tremors](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/04/06/azores-island-still-shaking-as-scientists-try-to-understand-what-caused-tremors) seconds or minutes early. [earthquake](https://www.euronews.com/green/2020/07/24/earthquake-scientists-have-found-a-surprise-benefit-of-lockdown-traffic-noise) hits, seismic waves emanate out from the tremor epicentre. [earthquake](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/10/29/we-know-it-will-happen-inside-frances-red-alert-plan-for-the-15-minutes-after-a-tsunami) will hit - so the potential for [animals](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/12/08/jonathan-the-tortoise-worlds-oldest-living-land-mammal-celebrates-190th-birthday) to be early-warning systems is interesting . [animals](https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/23/portugals-pet-protection-law-is-under-threat-heres-whats-being-done-about-it) in the lead up to earth tremors. [dogs](https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/02/03/worlds-oldest-dog-narrowly-escaped-death-as-a-puppy-owner-reveals) barking and [birds](https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/02/10/more-than-500-sea-lions-and-55000-birds-die-from-bird-flu-in-peru) flying irregularly in the lead-up to the tragedy, which has killed more than 33,000 people.

News and Press Release in Arabic on Syrian Arab Republic and 1 other country about Education, Food and Nutrition, Earthquake and more; published on 13 Feb ...

UNICEF is assessing the impact of the earthquakes on main water stations and working to provide safe water to those displaced. In affected parts of Syria, schools have been suspended until at least 18 February 2023 and in Türkiye until 1 March in the 10 affected provinces, while search, rescue, and recovery efforts are ongoing. UNICEF is also working to ensure that children are able to return to learning as soon as possible. UNICEF has been working around the clock to provide life-saving assistance to those affected by the earthquakes. The earthquakes have also caused widespread damage to schools and other essential infrastructure, further jeopardizing the well-being of children and families. The impact of the earthquakes on the region's children and families has been catastrophic, leaving hundreds of thousands in desperate conditions.

Thousands of children may have died due to quakes in both countries, says UNICEF spokesperson - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. He said that even before the earthquake, there were 5.5 million people in need of food aid in Syria, and this number increased even more after the disaster. A total of 4.6 million children living in the 10 provinces in Türkiye struck by the two earthquakes were affected, while 2.5 million children in Syria were affected, according to UNICEF spokesman James Elder.

Gulf between insureds' losses and economic losses points to protection gap, says president.

“Turkey has a long history of building codes and regulations that have been developed to ensure the safety and performance of buildings against earthquakes,” the report identified. “Despite these efforts, the seismic performance of buildings in Turkey during earthquakes has been mixed. A report identifying the steps taken to protect Turkey’s people and infrastructure noted that the country has a high rate of earthquake occurrence.

The quake struck at 7.38 p.m. (0638GMT) about 50 kilometers (31 miles) northwest of Paraparaumu at a depth of 57 kilometers (35 miles), Radio New Zealand ...

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. The quake struck at 7.38 p.m. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck northwest of Paraparaumu, a town in the southwestern North Island of New Zealand, state-run media said on Wednesday,

The MSF hospital in Atmeh, which usually specialises in caring for severe burns, has made numerous donations of medical and non-medical equipment to 30 ...

"I went to a hospital located in the immediate vicinity of Türkiye," says Dr Mohammad Zaitoun. "We just know that the hospitals are full of wounded and dead people and that the needs are immense. Our teams in Atmeh have started to send medical equipment to around 10 hospitals in the region: Bab al-Hawa, Darat Izza, Idlib, and even to Atarib. "The destruction was massive in the area. "On 6 February, we quickly understood that we were facing a catastrophic situation," says Mohammad Darwish, deputy director of MSF Atmeh hospital. We have also sent our surgeons from there as reinforcements to several hospitals in the area.

Government seismic monitor Geonet said earthquake measured magnitude 6.1, while USGS placed it slightly lower at 5.7. Witnesses in Wellington, on the southern ...

[New Zealnd responds to a cyclone - the South Pacific nation’s most destructive weather event in decades - that this week left four people dead](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/cyclone-gabrielle-new-zealand-hawkes-bay-chris-hipkins-b1060107.html). [prompted the New Zealand government to declare a state of national emergency for only the third time in history](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/cyclone-gabrielle-new-zealand-hawkes-bay-chris-hipkins-b1060107.html), as residents were forced to swim to safety and some had to be rescued from rooftops. An earthquake in Christchurch on the South Island in 2011 killed 185 people and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings. [A firefighter who studied in London has been named among those killed](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/new-zealand-cyclone-gabrielle-auckland-death-toll-firefighter-dave-van-zwanenberg-b1060415.html) in the cyclone, which struck the country’s north on Monday. [earthquake](/topic/earthquake) struck near [New Zealand](/topic/new-zealand)’s capital [Wellington](/topic/wellington) on Wednesday, as the nation grapples with widespread landslides and flooding following a [cyclone](/topic/cyclone). The quake struck under the Cook Strait that separates the North and South islands at a depth of 74km (50 miles), the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

Situation Report in English on Syrian Arab Republic about Coordination, Education, Earthquake and more; published on 14 Feb 2023 by OCHA.

All clusters covering north-west Syria were underfunded by the end of 2022 and 48 per cent response funding gap was identified in the last quarter. Since 2014, the beginning of the cross-border operation, the UN has sent more than 55,000 trucks loaded with aid to north-west Syria. On the same day, 26 trucks loaded with aid provided by IOM, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Health Organization (WHO) crossed through Bab Al-Hawa, the most utilized border-crossing for UN aid delivery. At least 8.8 million people in the country have been affected by the earthquake. Almost 3 million people in Idleb Governorate have also been affected. More than 57,000 displacements were recorded in the area from 6 February to 13 February.

Getting humanitarian aid to hard-to-reach survivors in the rebel held north east of Syria has become a priority, the World Health Organization and United ...

Log in through your institution Log in More than 285 aftershocks have been felt, razing buildings across a swathe of south eastern Turkey and western Syria, including regions under the control of rebels.

As the earthquake struck, WHO was already responding to an unprecedented number of complex health emergencies related to armed conflicts, natural disasters and ...

Sudan is one of several countries in the greater Horn of Africa where WHO is responding to complex humanitarian crises brought on by drought and armed conflict. In January, WHO donated 26 ambulances to Ukraine’s health ministry, with funding support from the European Union. Measles has killed at least 40 people in South Sudan since the country declared an outbreak in December. “We are not waiting to let the situation spiral out of our hands,” said Federal Minister of Health Dr Ali Haji Adan. A baby is screened for malnutrition at Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced people in North Darfur. As the earthquake struck, WHO was already responding to an unprecedented number of complex health emergencies related to armed conflicts, natural disasters and disease outbreaks. “Our teams had to set up a temporary camp inside the district to immediately start outpatient consultations.” Governments need to make treatments available for those in need – fast,” said Dr Maria Neira, WHO Assistant Director-General a.i, Healthier Populations Division. with the greatest health needs. The funds gathered will help restore health services, prioritizing areas and communities Twenty-five Member States have contributed to the CFE since its inception in 2015. “Survivors are facing freezing conditions, continuing aftershocks and very limited access to shelter, food, water, heat and medical care.

Humanitarian aid sent by Armenia for victims of last week's devastating earthquake in Turkey could boost the neighbouring countries' efforts to normalise their ...

Armenia also sent a rescue team to Turkey to help in the search for survivors. The confirmed death toll from the quake stands at 39,106 as officials and medics said 35,418 people had died in Turkey and at least 3,688 in Syria. Of this group, the chief prosecutor had ordered the arrest of 78. We believe that our cooperation in the humanitarian field will support this process," Cavusoglu added. As the death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria approached 40,000 on Wednesday, the UN launched an appeal for $397 million to provide “life-saving relief” for nearly five million Syrians affected by the latest disaster. We have to remember here that in Syria, we've had ten years of war. Civil war enmities have obstructed at least two attempts to send aid across frontlines into Syria's northwest, but an aid convoy reached the area overnight. "The impact of the earthquake in areas of Syria controlled by the government is significant, but the services are there and there is access to those people. A border gate was opened for the first time in 35 years to allow aid for quake victims in southern Turkey. A border gate between the long-feuding neighbours was opened for the first time in 35 years to allow aid for quake victims in southern Turkey. Earlier in the day, a 46-year-old woman was rescued in the same city, close to the epicentre of the quake. All times are Paris time (GMT + 1)

The United Nations and its agencies are deploying disaster assessment experts; coordinating search and rescue teams; providing emergency relief, food, medical ...

[said](https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/press-encounter/2023-02-09/secretary-generals-press-encounter-the-earthquake-t%C3%BCrkiye-and-syria) the UN is committed to doing much more. On 14 February the UN issued a [flash appeal](https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/flash-appeal-syrian-arab-republic-earthquake-february-may-2023) for $397 million for the people of earthquake-ravaged Syria, to cover a period of 3 months. The agency warns that health services need to be restored rapidly to avoid a secondary disaster that may harm many more.

The 6 February earthquake is a massive tragedy for Turkey and Syria, and the world needs to do much more to alleviate the suffering of millions of people.

[ European Commission issued on Wednesday 11 referrals to the EU’s Court of Justice after six member states failed to transpose copyright measures ](https://www.euractiv.com/section/copyright/news/eu-commission-sends-six-states-to-court-for-not-transposing-copyright-rules/)into national law. The tables have turned, and the opposition is now questioning Erdoğan on his responsibility for the collapse of thousands of newly-constructed buildings, which should be able to resist a quake of this magnitude. The then government of Bülent Ecevit was slow in responding to the disaster. Critics such as opposition CHP party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu argue that after 20 years in power, Erdoğan’s government has not “prepared the country for the earthquakes”. If he clings to power, Turkey will no longer be a democracy. In a democracy, Erdoğan would lose power. One big question they raise is what happened to the large sums collected through two “earthquake solidarity taxes” created after the 1999 quake. The funds were meant to make buildings resistant to earthquakes. This Brief, however, will look into the seism’s consequences for the future of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. [Russian journalist was sentenced to six years in a penal colony on Wednesday for accusing the Russian air force of bombing a theatre](https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/russian-journalist-gets-six-years-for-accusing-moscow-of-mariupol-theatre-bombing/) in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol last April where women and children were sheltering. [group of Kurds interrupted the plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg,](https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eu-parliament-plenary-halted-by-kurds-demanding-freedom-for-ocalan/) protesting and demanding freedom for jailed Kurdish politician Abdullah Öcalan on Wednesday. [consolidating his power](https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/commission-seriously-concerned-about-turkish-constitutional-changes/), including through [constitutional changes](https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/turkey-reboots-with-masterplan-for-erdogan-one-man-rule-until-2028/) and by [banning political parties](https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/erdogan-government-aims-to-ban-opposition-party-hdp-ahead-of-polls/) and [jailing political opponents](https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/turkey-arrests-leaders-of-pro-kurdish-hdp-party/) ahead of the 16 May general elections.

On the night of February 6, 2023, at 4:17 a.m. local time, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Türkiye and Syria resulting in at least 40,000 at the time of this ...

The quake was followed by 78 aftershocks, and it hit the region a second time in the afternoon on the 6th of February at 13:24 p.m. with a magnitude of 7.5 in Ekinozu/Kahramanmaras province. On the night of February 6, 2023, at 4:17 a.m.

There is no way for humans to purposefully induce an earthquake of this magnitude, experts said.

[Jonathan Stewart](https://samueli.ucla.edu/people/jonathan-stewart/), Feb. [Jonathan Stewart](https://samueli.ucla.edu/people/jonathan-stewart/), an environmental engineering professor at the University of California in Los Angeles. 9-13, Email exchange with USA TODAY [Toshi Nishimura](https://www.bu.edu/csp/profiles/toshi-nishimura/), Feb. "The recent earthquake and tragic loss of life in Turkey highlight the destruction that natural disasters can cause," she said. 8, Email exchange with USA TODAY [Rachel Abercrombie](https://www.bu.edu/earth/profiles/rachel-e-abercrombie/), Feb. 8, Email exchange with USA TODAY [Jessica Matthews](https://people.alaska.edu/show/Q049amFtYXR0aGV3czAyLE9VPXVzZXJBY2NvdW50cyxEQz11YSxEQz1hZCxEQz1hbGFza2EsREM9ZWR1), Feb. 8-9, Email exchange with USA TODAY [Ian Main](https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/imain/), Feb. [incorrectly attributed image of a collapsed building](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/02/09/fact-check-video-shows-florida-condo-collapse-not-turkey-earthquake/11218681002/) and an erroneous claim that a [video shows a tsunami during the earthquake](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/02/08/fact-check-tsunami-video-2018-indonesia-not-turkey-earthquakes/11209389002/). "A haarp generated earthquake." [USA TODAY reported](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/02/13/turkey-syria-earthquake-updates-death-toll/11246948002/). "What really happened in Turkey?" [Rachel Abercrombie](https://www.bu.edu/earth/profiles/rachel-e-abercrombie/), a seismologist at Boston University.

According to Dr Aaron Opdyke from the University of Sydney's School of Civil Engineering, secondary crises after the Turkey-Syria earthquakes are now the ...

[complicated](https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2023/02/08/northwestern-syria-needs-humanitarian-assistance-getting-it-there-must-be-a-priority/). However, Syrian government calls for all humanitarian assistance to be delivered through the government are fraught with issues given its track record of [diverting aid](https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/06/28/rigging-system/government-policies-co-opt-aid-and-reconstruction-funding-syria) over the past decade. The Syrian Red Crescent, Syrian Civil Defence (White Helmets) and other local organisations have played a vital role during the past decade of conflict and will no doubt do so again in coming weeks and months. [more than 37,000](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/survivors-ever-fewer-earthquake-rubble-turkey-syria-2023-02-12/) lives lost. Temperatures in Kahramanmaraş – the epicentre of the Cash allows humanitarian organisations to adapt to rapidly changing needs, while also giving households flexibility to decide on their own priorities. Syrian communities face the added challenge of rebuilding from conflict. It is deeply embedded in social and political systems in both Syria and Turkey. Much of the focus has centred on the immense loss of life in the immediate aftermath of the earthquakes. This tragic increase was attributed to deteriorating health conditions driven by the loss of infrastructure and basic services. In northwest Syria, Many displaced families are out in the cold after losing their homes.