The powerful earthquake in the wee hours in eastern Turkey caught many residents unaware. With death toll rising and relief work picking up, the earthquake survivors crowded the aid tents erected for them. Now, it is the cold climate troubling them.
WITH THE death toll rising and relief work picking up in eastern Turkey, the earthquake survivours crowded the aid tents erected for them. Now, it is the cold climate troubling them. The homeless survivours spend their time huddled around bonfires to escape from the cold.
The Kurdish village of Okcular was the worst hit by the quake and now looks like a heap of rubble and it is estimated that 900 residents of 15 villages as per the Elazig governor's office.
The powerful earthquake in the wee hours caught many residents unaware. While the poorly made buildings and houses crumble into piles of rubble instantly, the panic-stricken survivours ran through the narrow streets of the villages to the open grounds.