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
while others lost family members or relatives, and were therefore 0ther other sources include lack of medical supplies and medicine. other sources include lack of medical supplies and medicine. across the border in turkey, syrian refugees who fled during the civil war have found themselves homeless again. many of them have chosen to return to syria 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 we have nothing left in turkey. after starting life again in turkey, afterfleeing war and bombardment in syria, they are once again having to start and rebuild their life. 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 i
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. syria support the entry of humanitarian aid into the region
turbish officials shared a video today after rescuers pulled a seven-year-old girl from the rubble near the epicenter of that massive earthquake last week near the syrian border. our affiliate in turkey says she is seven and in the second grade. rescuers put an oxygen mask on her, as you can see. her first request was for strawberry milk and a turkish pastry. we do not know more about her condition. we don t know the status of her parents or her family, only that according to turkish officials, today more than 1,300 children are separated from their parents after the earthquake. the death toll is now at least 36,217 people in turkey and syria, and a top official now believes the rescue phase is coming to a close. cnn is in turkey. what is the latest you ve been seeing and hearing? you know, you hear these
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 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.