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
minute, every hour that passes, the chances of finding survivors alive diminishes. many have been forced to abandon their homes, due to the high risk of further damage and injury. this was filmed earlier today by a drone in hat eye province. it s around a hundred kilometres from the epicentre of monday s 7.8 magnitude tremor. there ve been several tremors with a magnitude of between four point two and four point 8 in the area since then. as you can see, many of those buildings which are still standing are leaning dangerously and could fall. turkey s president, reccep tayyip erdogan, addressed the need for urgent housing for those who ve lost their homes. starting from places close to the
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