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he says it is impossible to prepare for disasters on this scale. translation: we had some problems with places - like airports in the beginning. we had problems on the roads, but it is better today, and it will be even better tomorrow. bodies now fill this sports hall. more are arriving all the time, among them, yunus fiancee. they were just weeks away from getting married. translation: i was planning to dress her in her wedding i dress, but now i will dress her in a funeral shroud. i am like the walking dead, i am the living dead. i lost my feelings. each of these bundles marks a future cut short, a family separated. every hour, the death toll rises, and even now, it is impossible to know how many lives this quake has claimed.
translation: we had some problems - in some places like airports in the beginning. we had problems on the roads, but it s better today and it will be even better tomorrow. bodies now fill this sports hall. more are arriving all the time. among them, yunus s fiancee. they were just weeks away from getting married. translation: i was planning to dress her with her weddingi dress, but now i will dress her in a funeral shroud. i am like the walking dead, i am a living dead. i lost my feelings. each of these bundles marks a future cut short, a family separated. every hour, the death toll rises, and even now, it is impossible to know how many lives this quake has claimed. anna foster, bbc news, marash.