Impact of these floods. The flooding so far in the month ofjuly is estimated to have cost around 25 billion usd. And of course the season for these sort of extreme weather events is not yet over. August and september, historically, have also often had Severe Weather events, such as typhoons and floods, as well as drought. Last year, china was also hit by a very severe drought. So what were seeing is increasing impact of Severe Weather events on china. And this is, of course, linked to rising temperatures globally. Climate change is very much linked to what were seeing at present in china and in recent years. And theres a lot of concerns that as Global Temperatures rise further towards that global target of one and a half degrees centigrade, that the impact and economic costs of these Severe Weather events will actually increase significantly further. So in your view, should there be more investment in infrastructure in order to prevent devastations that we saw . I think, given the expe
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
welcome. more now on monday s devastating earthquake, the biggest in the region since 1939. it s killed over 7,000 people. the border area between turkey and syria is one of the world s most seismically active regions. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville has travelled to antakya, close to the border with syria, that s been hit by aftershocks. with pickaxe and hammer, determination and hope, they dig for lost relatives in antakya. this backbreaking work falls to these men. their city and country are overwhelmed, and the lives of those trapped in here depend on them. this was a sixth floor apartment block. families on every floor. ten minutes ago, theyjust heard a voice, so they re digging to try and get to whoever it 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 b
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turkish government and also the international community to prioritise the opening of these routes so that aid can actually get into northwest syria. at the moment, a lot of these crossings are closed. in some cases, the roads are so badly damage there is no way to get through. there are other possible roads and could could be needed to see aid to get through. that being said, there hasn t been much response on the international side to prioritise and have the political pressure to get this eight through two that vulnerable community in northwest syria. on the syrian government side, they have said that they would co ordinate aid through all areas controlled and syria. there issues with crossline aid or aid from government controlled areas to opposition controlled both political and logistical. the matter