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a region already devastated by civil war. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. more than 9000 people are now known to have been killed in earthquakes in turkey and syria. the death toll is expected to rise as more victims are found in remote areas. the international rescue crews are beginning to arrive in the quakes on the 1st quake. struck near the turkey city of ghazi and tap destruction stretches along turkeys. southern border and parts of northern syria. freezing conditions are hampering rescue efforts as emergency crews struggle with limited resources. searching on into the night in turkey's hard hit hat i province. rescue is no time is of the essence

nearly 2 days on from the 1st pre dawn quake. this still pulling survivors from the rebel. ah, but with thousands of buildings flattened, no one knows for sure how many remain buried under the ruins. already low temperature's sink further after dark, and authorities fear that few victims will be recovered alive. with for those fortunate enough to escape the destruction of their homes, the cold is only adding to that suffering. i like to settle gloves, which we feel terrible. you can see our situation, buddhism was up and we're trying to warm up with this fire militarization if we're trying to keep going without food or water hospital,

they shout shaking up. huge. tickles, good wi. we came here to day but we are freezing. there is water under the tent, it never gets warm. emergency crews provided safe for the 1st time in 2 days that we finally ate. then. as an international relief effort gathers momentum, rescue as a doing their utmost to get supplies to those in need and to find more survivors before it's too late. i a corresponding terry schultz is in a don, a turkey in the earthquake zone and joins us now. terry tell us what you've been seeing there. hi terry. well, until just a few minutes ago i was right up there in the excavation. now police have a moved us over to the other side. what's happening behind me is that sniffer dogs this morning have indicated there could possibly be

a person still alive under this rebel 48 hours after this apartment building collapsed. so the rescuers have now lifted a slab of concrete, which is where the dogs indicated they should be searching, and they are now redoubling their efforts to dig deeper into that, into that rubble and see if possibly a person who sent a what's that message last night could still be alive under there, it's a, it's a moment filled with hope. there are people standing all around us watching this scene. terry, you've been watching rescue cruise there at work. what sort of challenges are they facing? well obviously overnight to a widget when they were also working, it's very, very cold. here we haven't seen a whole lot of international help at the moment. the bulgarian red cross is a notable example exception. they brought the sniffer dogs and they spoke with us earlier. this morning and told us that they would stay as long as it's possible that their dogs are needed to, to indicate

a sign of life here. people have been told to stay out of their homes. we see people huddled around fires in the middle of the street because of course you can't get too close to these. these buildings that are still unstable in case they might fall, so people will be needing shelter. in this city. a donna was not one of the worst hit, so they're not lacking food. there is electricity. unlike last night when what we saw in us media where the entire city was dark and people were using generators and headlights to dig in the rubble the devastation. terry is overwhelming. how are people coping with this emotional i think we've seen a lot of people crying, especially as we arrived here yesterday here in a donna at the moment. as i said, there is real excitement in the air that somebody still could be pulled alive from this wreckage. but i have to say that the most most remarkable thing is how nice everyone is to each other and even to us my camera men, adrian and i,

our approach time. and again, to be asked if we need anything i, i was just handed a cup of coffee here. it's not hosting journalists get treated like this. i was given a pair of gloves earlier because i'd forgotten mine in the car and time and again including up there in the place where people are excavating. they didn't try to chase me away. they some thank you for being here. thank you for showing people a man behind us. just said the same thing. thank you for showing what we're going through here. thank you for telling the world that we need help. what sort of help terry to people there need most urgently in in the epicenter and they are said to be out of food out of gas. one of the problems has been that was so many people trying to flee the highways are blocked even to let the aden we saw many, many trucks carrying in excavation equipment yesterday carrying in trucks full and

blankets and pillows. and if those highways are still blocked by people trying to escape, the aid won't be able to get in. we're ourselves worried that when we need gas, we won't be able to get to get it at a petrol station because the lines are so long. people are just afraid because the aftershocks are continuing that there may still be some very, very bad, a bad wreckage ahead and so nobody is really sure nobody is willing to go back in these buildings. everyone is really waiting in fear that there may be more bad scenes to come. terry, thank you very much for now. our correspondent terry sholtes. they're in the quake zone in turkey. meanwhile, rescuers and neighboring syria are appealing for aid corridors to be open to the disaster zone. there. northern syria has already been scarred by more than a decade of civil war. and there are fears that aid could be blocked from areas not

held by the government o prayer chance from mass burial sites in syria after destruction struck its bordeaux with turkey. the sadness, of course, but there is also physical and mental exhaustion. until comes the free 5 ambulance . we learned the bodies of 4 or 5 people died in the earthquake submarine, but we haven't stopped since the warning for la la sawyer buried more than 50 bodies. and yesterday we buried around $85.00 people in a low. hm. the missing are now field dead. there are glimmers of hope. as the citron arab red crescent worked the night to rescue those who have been trapped beneath flattened homes and hospitals. a baby born during the earthquake survived building collapse, the only one of its family to make it out alive. even in the face of hope, desperation is ever present pilot. now our situation is very bad. we need hands on food water. we fled with just her clothes, look at us, we have no shoes up at all and how to connect your thought on. all the destruction

is horrible. the buildings, everything has been reduced to rubble and the number of dead is incredible. an issue mobile album, the red crescent has been instrumental in rescuing those in need during serious, ongoing 12 civil war. but they are begging the international community for help. they want the united states and europe to lift sanctions imposed in 2011 after busch out assad's regime widened crackdown on anti government protestants woodland villa. we met her equipment, ambulances and firefighting vehicles. we don't have heavy machinery to conduct rescue operations. there are a lot of issues due to sanctions, sanctions against the syrian people. the red crescent phase corridors are needed to bring in humanitarian aid. and they're asking the united nations to coordinate efforts to make that happen. as it has done with opposition held areas in the past

over more on international aid efforts were join me out by the world health organization spokesperson christian lind. maya he joins us from geneva. thanks for being with us. let's talk 1st about syria, the situation there is desperate, but the political situation makes it difficult to get relief. cruise into the region. can you in help coordinate support despite sanctions? no, thanks, tara, thanks for having me. it is indeed very tricky situation on why they do have already medical emergency medical teams on the ground in syria. but of course, as your correspondence also that the, the needs of vast, that there's only one official border opening into, into a north west, syria. and that is definitely not any material with which could fly in need to get on that one single road which is also damaged and bore to access is a problem. syria is asking to bring all helped through the mass goes in into the areas. but there's a big question mark behind with all the diplomats,

whether this would work and or last effort. so yes, the un is working, and w joe is working with the authorities to get access to mobilize the teams on the ground, the costs, which are already on the ground and in syria and to bring more aiden. but it is a huge challenge looking at the quake zone as a whole, whether we're talking about turkey or syria, what are the main health concerns? what you have the immediate health concerns, of course, with all the trauma and shock injuries and the which needs treatment. but that's the immediate effect. then you have electro shocks from the wires coming down and being on the ground or in the water. but we need to already think midterm, where we need, of course, blankets, anything to fight hypothermia. tense, swords, fresh water. to avoid also any color outbreaks was,

don't forget we already had color incidents in north west of syria. but in general, of course, turkeys way more equipped than way better position because they have a very functioning and very well resourced emergency response system and actually train that used. so just to run such operations, the challenge here is in the weapon syria. we also need to think about really long term care for mothers with with young children are pregnant women about to deliver . we need to bring in regular aids to be able to fight the chronic diseases. when all the health care facilities are damaged, we break will to bring already equipment in $416.00 health facilities in syria. but yeah, that is trickling aids for a population and people and needs in the thousands what role is the w h o playing in helping people in this situation because there are many different 8

organizations involved? correct, so they'll be a job by nature is taking care of the health care sector and is actually coordinating what we call the health cluster, where all these health agencies to many, n g o, the local n g o, other health groups and also other un bodies are joined to coordinate the efforts to make sure that we get help to really the last remote area that one of the areas over source. the other one doesn't get any help at all. that is a major role for a job. also organizing with the governments and with the access points and the authorities to get access to coordinate those with the so called emergency medical teams. teams which have been trained and set up through the jo coming from various countries in europe in the u. s. front israel is a part of that, so all these medical teams already or have been deployed already to, to,

to help the people on the ground go. also bringing in 8th, with planes from do by to play planes. one for turkey, one for syria. but again, that's an immensely important start, but we need much more. okay, chris john lind, maya the spokes person for the w. h. o. thank you so much. thank you. check out a few other stories making headlines around the world's day. north korean leader kim young owns daughter, has been seen at an event marking the 75th anniversary of the country's army. it was only the 4th known public appearance of kim jew, a who is believed to be about 10 years old. there is some speculation that she might be groomed to become her father's successor. i just f u. s. navy has retrieved some of the wreckage of the chinese spy balloon shot down by a fighter jet above the sea of south carolina. beijing said it wants the balloon

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