![]() SCHMITZ: He's saying here that he prays to God for mercy for the citizens who've lost their lives, that he's declaring a national mourning period for the next week. PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN: (Speaking Turkish). He addressed the nation, and here's what he said. ![]() Yesterday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a state of emergency for 10 Turkish provinces. So it's a really harrowing and desperate situation. You know, aid groups say the first 72 hours after a natural disaster like this are the most crucial to rescue survivors. ![]() And rescuers are working more than two days straight, many without sleep, doing whatever they can to reach survivors who are trapped under tons of rubble. Weather conditions have worsened with both temperatures dipping below freezing and now snow. SCHMITZ: It's been around 60 hours since the initial earthquake. SCHMITZ: Yeah, I think the biggest challenge right now is time. ROB SCHMITZ, BYLINE: Good morning, Leila.įADEL: So can you give us a big picture of the recovery efforts? What are rescue workers facing right now? Search and rescue teams work in freezing temperatures, but how much time is left?įADEL: NPR's Rob Schmitz is in Istanbul to talk about this. We can say that many people also have been pulled from the rubble of thousands of collapsed buildings - thousands of people injured but alive. Overnight, the death toll from Monday's earthquake and the aftershocks climbed to more than 11,000 lives in Turkey and Syria.
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