Financial and social disaster. A region already destabilised by war, where another humanitarian crisis is unfolding. The worst Case Scenario is that people who werent killed by the earthquake are killed by the failure to get aid to them after the earthquake. Across turkey and syria, families were woken by a massive earthquake. This ten storey Apartment Block collapsed, the rubble trapping residents. My colleague, selin gerit, went to meet a woman who lived on the third floor. Dilek s father and brother also died. The earthquake s epicentre was close to the turkish syrian border. It was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks. 13 year old rola was at home injindires, North West Syria, when it happened. This happened at a depth of around 15 to 20 kilometres. What this means is its shallow enough that those first waves are really powerful, and if they reach the surface quickly, they still have a lot of energy and they can cause a huge amount of damage. In iskenderun, Southern Turkey,
financial and social disaster. a region already destabilised by war, where another humanitarian crisis is unfolding. the worst case scenario is that people who weren t killed by the earthquake are killed by the failure to get aid to them after the earthquake. across turkey and syria, families were woken by a massive earthquake. this ten storey apartment block collapsed, the rubble trapping residents. my colleague, selin gerit, went to meet a woman who lived on the third floor. dilek s father and brother also died. the earthquake s epicentre was close to the turkish/syrian border. it was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks. 13 year old rola was at home injindires, north west syria, when it happened. this happened at a depth of around 15 to 20 kilometres. what this means is it s shallow enough that those first waves are really powerful, and if they reach the surface quickly, they still have a lot of energy and they can cause a huge amount of damage. in iskenderun, sout
response was badly needed. more volunteers were about to leave for turkey. here we are in stansted airport about to depart for adana airport. there are eight saraid members in country already and there are 11 en route. we are among the last three to travel. the international search and rescue team saraid were heading for maras in southern turkey. it s one of the most badly damaged cities in the region. you can see a number of other teams arriving. this, i believe, this is thailand, over here we have vietnam, we ve got serbia, the serbian guys are waiting for transport as well. josh has deployed all over the world, helping to rescue people from collapsed buildings. what happens every time a building collapses is you have a huge release of energy. think about how heavy these
.Earthquake - Panorama. More than 30,000 people are known to have been killed in the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria. Panorama asks if more could.
.Earthquake - Panorama. More than 30,000 people are known to have been killed in the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria. Panorama asks if more could.