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
of ongoing food aid projects. so we have heard from the us, china, now to the uk. british aid has already been sent to turkey. imilli now to the uk. british aid has already been sent to turkey. will be earthquakes already been sent to turkey. will be earthquakes that already been sent to turkey. will be earthquakes that we already been sent to turkey. will be earthquakes that we have already been sent to turkey. will be earthquakes that we have seen - already been sent to turkey. will bej earthquakes that we have seen have impacted both turkey and syria at a scale that we have not seen for quite some time. when i heard about it earlier this morning i immediately contacted them to express our condolences and to give an offer of assistance. among those watching the aid arrive today has been majel wilson, from global empowerment mission europe. shejoins us live. she joins us live. welcome. shejoins us live. welcome. now she joins us live. welcome. now you have been in turkey, for
locals are strange. yesterday people were in their houses, on their decks, hanging around, but today those buildings are taped off. you see cracks or structural damage and the city is blocking them off, those people are evacuating and it s just adding more to the humanitarian crisis that is going to get more severe as time was on.- crisis that is going to get more severe as time was on. ma or wilson from the mission h severe as time was on. ma or wilson from the mission there severe as time was on. major wilson from the mission there emergency i from the mission there emergency relief organisation on nonprofit organisation. you will be spending a lot of time they are not part of turkey. thank you for your time. the situation in southern turkey there. let s turn to northern syria now where the death toll has risen to at least 1,602, with about 3,500 injured. while rescue teams and aid supplies are arriving in turkey, the un says the flow of aid to syria has been halted, due to badly d
ten minutes ago, we just held a voice. so they re digging to try and get to whoever is buried deep inside all of this. they can see a man and a child trapped inside. again, they hear something. so they call for silence. and they wait. they dig more carefully now. but they re too late. both are already dead. with so many still trapped, there s barely time for grief here. so what happens now? we are going to find the live ones. we will look for them. there is barely a corner of this city of half a million people that hasn t been churned up and torn apart by the earthquakes. the devastation is near total. this is the scene all across antakya. it s notjust individual buildings
and in both countries the freezing weather and heavy snow hamper rescue efforts. 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 a moment. but first let s just recap what has happened. the first earthquake on sunday had a magnitude of 7.8, the epicentre