to flow into the northern part of the country. the country s president, bashar al assad, agreed to open the routes from turkey after complaints about the time taken for support to reach some regions. millions across syria and turkey are without shelter, with survivors facing a lack of water and poor sanitation living in makeshift camps. vincent mcaviney reports. the second week of recovery in turkey and syria begins after the region s most powerful earthquake in a century. apartment blocks and homes turned to rubble and graves. today, two men were rescued alive from under a collapsed building after 198 hours. yesterday, in the southern turkish city of adiyaman, rescuers chant god is great, as they pull a four year old girl alive after 178 hours under the ruins. but they re likely to be some
supplies and equipment across the border, and we ll have to see what we can do abour providing medical expertise because this security situation inside syria is exceptionally difficult, having worked there before i can personally attest to that. i would like to delve deeper into that, you have worked in other areas which have experienced emergencies before and i wonder how this one compares? almost 30 years of doing this, this is one of the largest emergencies i have seen. it compares to the south asian tsunami or the pakistan earthquake in 2005 in terms of scale, geographical area, the numbers affected. absolutely enormous. interesting he was saying there, about his view of the scale of the disaster in turkey and syria, as i was bringing you that news earlier,
of the last miraculous survivors. as the digging continues, the un is warning the death count will likely more than double, as the rescue phase of its operations ends. now it s about supporting the survivors. millions of them injured, traumatised and homeless in freezing conditions. providing shelter, food and health care in the wreckage of a stable country like turkey is challenging enough. across the border in syria, over a decade into a civil war, it s proving near impossible. only one of the four original border crossings in the country has been open. the us government has led calls for syria s president assad to let more aid reach people in rebel held areas of northern syria. last night he agreed to let the un use two more crossings for three months of aid deliveries.
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