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Earthquake in Turkey: Chaos in the country – Hopes for survivors fade, searches stop on Sunday

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Antioch flattened, without electricity, water, natural gas remains the city for the fifth day since the earthquake – Reports of 10,000 dead in this city alone while the number of missing is uncountable

Leveled city is the Antioch, in which the infrastructures have suffered total destruction as the SKAI correspondent Manolis Kostidis reported, simultaneously conveying images of biblical destruction.

However, hopes of finding survivors are fading as the search is expected to end on Sunday.

Meanwhile, thousands of truckloads of humanitarian aid are arriving in Turkey. Also 70 countries have sent 80 rescue teams with more than 100,000 rescuers to participate in the searches.

The earthquake is estimated to leave behind greater disaster even than the one that occurred in 1939, as this time ten cities in Turkey alone were affected.

At the same time, incalculable is the number of missing persons. also intensifies the anguish for the couple of the two Greeks who are missing – one of whom has Greek citizenship. However, as the SKAI correspondent said, there are reports that many orthodox civilians are under the debris.

Carrying her tragic image presented by Antioch, Manolis Kostidis characteristically said that Antioch has been almost leveled as well as 1/5 of Alexandretta.

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