As of 14:30 Wednesday, the death toll inTürkiye had reached 8,574.
The number of wounded is 49,133.
The number of destroyed buildings is 6,444, CNNTurk reports.
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2023 February 08 (Wednesday) 11:13:55
The death toll in Turkey exceeded 7 thousands /UPDATED/
According to official figures on the morning of February 8, the death toll was 7108 people.
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2023 February 07 (Tuesday) 23:17:18
The death toll in Turkey exceeded 5,4 thousand people /UPDATED/
According to the CNNTurk TV channel, at 23:00 Baku time, the death toll was 5,434 people, 31,777 were injured.
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2023 February 07 (Tuesday) 22:02:42
The death toll in Turkey exceeded 4.5 thousand people
Baku / 07.02.23 / Turan: As of 21:00 Tuesday, the death toll in Turkey as a result of a strong earthquake exceeded 4.5 thousand people.
Turkey's earthquake death toll has risen to 4,544, CNN Turk reported, citing the country's emergency management.
Another 26,721 people were injured. 5775 buildings were destroyed, reports Haberturk.
President Erdogan said more than 8,000 people had been rescued from the rubble. According to him, 53,000 rescuers are working in the disaster area. He also announced a three-month state of emergency in ten affected provinces. -0-
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As the Biden administration draws to a close, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed on an emergency trip to Brussels to discuss how to support Ukraine with European allies.
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The Prosecutor's Office is investigating the deaths of two people during the recent floods in Baku, Baku Mayor Eldar Azizov said commenting on the consequences of the flooding of tunnels in the capital during the heavy rains on October 22 to journalists. According to him, the sewer system could not handle the large volume of floodwater, which led to the drowning of two people in a tunnel in the Sabunchu district of Baku. The floods revealed vulnerabilities in Baku's water infrastructure.
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