in the earthquakes which hit the region early on monday morning. in turkey, there s growing anger at the speed of the rescue effort with many complaining they ve had no help trying to pull people from the rubble. while in syria, state controlled media is reporting that some 300,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. more from syria shortly, but first, let s hear from our middle east correspondent anna foster, who was among the firstjournalists to reach the epicentre in turkey and reports now from karamanmaras. the devastating power of the earth seen from the air. swathes of this city lie in ruins. buildings, homes, lives have been destroyed. in many cities, the search now isn t for survivors, it s only for the dead. when the rubble shows a sign,
creates this empathy that no other medium, i think, can create. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with the situation in turkey and syria, where more than 12,000 people are known to have died in the earthquakes which devastated the region. aid workers have warned they are dealing with a nightmare scenario . in a moment, jeremy bowen reports from syria, but first let s hear from our correspondent anna foster, who was among the first journalists to reach the epicentre zone. she sent this report from the turkish city of kahramanmaras. the devastating power of the earth, seen from the air. swathes of this city lie in ruins, buildings,
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in turkey and syria, where more than 12,000 people are now known to have died in the earthquakes which hit the region early on monday morning. in turkey, there s growing anger at the speed of the rescue effort, with many complaining they ve had no help trying to pull people from the rubble. while in syria, state controlled media is reporting that some 300,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. more from syria shortly, but first let s hear from our middle east correspondent anna foster, who was among the first journalists to reach the epicentre in turkey. and reports now from kahramanmaras. the devastating power of the earth, seen from the air. swathes of this city lie in ruins, buildings, homes, lives have been destroyed. in many cities, the search now is not for survivors, it is only for the dead. when the rubble shows a sign, the digging stops.
in warning at this point throughout the programme to date there are some harrowing images from the sites of the earthquakes. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster was among the first journalists to reach the epicentre, the turkish city of maras, and we canjoin her now. huw, people here are preparing to spend a third night out in the cold. they do not have everything they need, in fact they have just been tellingly they are desperately short of tents. help is coming, the aid is coming. it is not coming fast enough for the scale of this devastation. the devastating power of the earth, seen from the air. swathes of this city lie in ruins, buildings, homes, lives have been destroyed. in many cities, the search now is not for
they told me earlier, a family, that they were worried about their children getting fever, because they were living in the sub zero temperatures. but the problem is the scale and the size of the devastation that this quake has caused. the devastating power of the earth, seen from the air. swathes of this city lie in ruins buildings, homes, lives have been destroyed. in many cities, the search now isn t for survivors, it s only for the dead. when the rubble shows a sign, the digger stops. behind this blanket, an arm reveals a body. slowly, carefully, it s uncovered. and then the moment of realisation. screams a father lost.