we ll be speaking to a disaster response expert live in the programme. the desperate search for survivors is continuing for a second night across a vast area of southern turkey and northern syria after two major earthquakes devastated the region on monday. at least six thousand people are known to have died, but with so many feared trapped under the rubble, the death toll will climb further. we ll be talking to an aid worker on the ground and will look at the scale of the devastation in just a moment. but first lets go through what happened. the first earthquake on sunday had a magnitude of 7.8, the epicentre was in turkey s gaziantep province. there have been almost 30 other shocks in the region, all powerful enough to magnify the damage. a second major earthquake struck 130km north of the first. rescue efforts continue across the region. this is the scene live. this is gaziantep, this is the live shot, it s just after ten in the evening locally. it s expected rescuers will
here at the uk charity and we - here at the uk charity and we provide grassroots charities in turkey and after emergencies and natural disasters that have happened in the five years that we ve been in operation, we are with the support that we receive, we are channeling those funds to local grassroots charities with expertise that they have the local know how to know exactly what it needs to be done. what we re doing is really to call for help for financial support and opening appeal emergency campaigns and just receiving tremendous support from both the turkish community and the international friends here in london and we are working with our local counterparts and with the local civil society and organisations on the ground to be able to support them the best way possible. the first parts of our grants very been decided in three charities on the ground and
impact as well. but we do have the expertise and contact of local organisations staff the know how from previous earthquakes and emergency campaigns as well and we have charities that we work with that of the know how and communication channels that are very much open and are able to receive updates about what is needed the most and where and we are working hard to ensure that the support that we are getting is the best way possible but is extremely hard in the freezing weather conditions don t help either. don t help either. absolutely devastating don t help either. absolutely devastating conditions - don t help either. absolutely devastating conditions but i don t help either. absolutely i devastating conditions but that grassroots knowledge is critical. from the foundation charity, we wish you the best of luck with your work. stay with us on outside source still to come. we take a look at the extent of the damage in syria