temporary housing for thousands of displaced people. in addition, nato will also use our strategic airlift capabilities to transport tens of thousands of tents to turkiye in the coming days and weeks. 11 days on, remarkably, there are still people being pulled alive from the rubble left by the powerful earthquakes that hit syria and turkey. a teenage girl has been rescued from a collapsed building near the epicentre of the quakes in the province of kahramanmaras. she was pulled from the wreckage as her uncle hugged the rescuers one by one, saying he d never forget them. 0verrall, the number of dead is now more than 41,000. our correspondent, caroline davies, reports from the city of adana in southern turkey. an incredible story of survival. carefully, with many hands, 17 year old 0lena is lifted to safety after 248 hours under the rubble.
this is the bal al hawa border crossing. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is there. the reality is that many of these people will probably say we are staying in syria because they have nothing left in turkey. and after starting life again in turkey after fleeing bombardment in they once again have to start and their lives. across syria and turkey, the death toll continues to rise, more than 41,000 people have died. and in turkey, authorities say about 13.5 million people have been affected in an area roughly the size of britain. let s look at the situation there now. with the rescue phase coming to a close, the focus is on recovering bodies and clearing away the debris. many survivors are being temporarily housed in tents like these, inside a stadium in the town of kahramanmaras. 0ur correspondent
inside a stadium in the town of kahramanmaras. 0ur correspondent caroline davies has more from southern turkey. in the aftermath of the earthquake, shelter and help come in many forms. these arrivals at this port are boarding a floating hospital. their ship arrived boarding a floating hospital. their ship arrived about boarding a floating hospital. their ship arrived about five boarding a floating hospital. their ship arrived about five days ago. it s normally used as a tour ship but now it s normally used as a tour ship but now of it s normally used as a tour ship but now of course it has become a ftoating but now of course it has become a floating hospital. here is where people floating hospital. here is where people arrive and they are assessed for what people arrive and they are assessed for what need they have. gn people arrive and they are assessed for what need they have. for what need they have. on board, the offer check for what need they have. on board, the o
they say this seriously impacts the impartiality and the independence of the bbc and undermines that. louisa pilbeam. let s go back to our main story now. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been speaking to the un humanitarian chief martin griffiths on a visit to the turkish city of kahramanmaras. she asked him how this disaster compares to the many he s seen around the world. i think it s the worst natural disaster i ve ever seen and it s also the most extraordinary international response, as you know. we have more than 100 countries who ve sent people here, so there s been an incredible response. but there s a need for it, as we see behind us. and what is so amazing is that people are still as you know, lyse coming out of the rubble alive six days in. so, it s shocking, it s also,
it has been left to small boys to remove the rubble from these broken buildings and to try and find bodies. and it is bodies they are trying to find now, because they say that the time for looking for survivors has passed here that passed 2a hours ago. this is mainly a recovery mission. they are no longer rescuing people, and the reason they are no longer rescuing people is because the aid just didn t come quick enough. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has been speaking to the un humanitarian chief, martin griffiths, on a visit to the turkish city of kahramanmaras. she asked him how this disaster compares to the many he s seen around the world. i think it is the worst natural disaster i have ever seen. and it is also the most extraordinary international response, as you know. we have more than 100 countries who have sent people here, so there s been an incredible response. but there is a need for it,