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Turkey earthquakes to cost insurers $2.4 billion – KCC
Feb 16 (Reuters) - Catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Company (KCC) said on Thursday it expects insured losses of $2.4 billion…
UPDATED: Teenager rescued from rubble in Turkey 10 days after quake
By Suhaib Salem and Ali Kucukgocmen KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb 16 (Reuters) - A teenage girl was pulled alive from the rubble in…
A woman rescued from ruins in Turkey 222 hours after powerful quake as rescue work winds down
ANKARA, Feb 15 (Reuters) - A 42-year-old woman was rescued from the rubble of a building in the southern Turkish city of…
Woman pulled alive from rubble in Turkey a week after earthquake
Rescuers pulled a woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey on Monday, broadcaster CNN Turk reported, a week…
Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 33,000 as Turkey starts legal action
Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria,…
Turkey-Syria earthquake: why it is so difficult to get rescue and relief to where it is most needed
The death toll from the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 has climbed above 21,000 in four days, exceeding…
Survivors ever fewer in earthquake rubble of Turkey and Syria
ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Rescuers pulled a survivor from earthquake rubble on Sunday, six days after one of the…
EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Kahramanmaras, Turkey
A photo taken with a drone shows emergency services working among the rubble of collapsed buildings in the aftermath of a poweful…
UN aid chief says earthquake is region’s ‘worst event in 100 years’
Feb 11 (Reuters) - UN aid chief Martin Griffiths described on Saturday the devastating earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northwestern Syria…
Cyprus probes washed up dead whales, earthquake link possible
NICOSIA (Reuters) - A number of whales have washed up dead on the northern shores of Cyprus, authorities said, possibly affected by…
UPDATED: Two women survive for days in earthquake rubble as death toll tops 24,150
By Kemal Aslan, Maya Gebeily and Khalil Ashawi ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Rescuers in Turkey pulled two women alive…
Newborn, toddlers survive days in rubble, bringing joy amid earthquake tragedy
ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Crouched under concrete slabs and whispering "inshallah" (God willing), rescuers carefully reached into the rubble, then…