Just over a day after the powerful earthquake, time is working against those who are looking for neighbours, friends and relatives in the ruins. On Tuesday morning, the death toll began to approach 5,000, a number that is expected to rise in the hours and days to come. WHO fears the number could rise to 20,000 Graves out with their hands Norwegian People’s Aid is particularly concerned about the situation in north-west Syria where the rebels control. This makes it difficult to bring in help. – There is a big lack of equipment, you simply don’t have cleaning equipment. There are cities where there is only one bulldozer, for example. So you have to dig them out with your hands, section leader for the Middle East Trude Falch tells news. In the Syrian province of Idlib, dead and survivors must be dug out by hand from the ruins. Photo: Ghaith Alsayed / AP The infrastructure and hospital services have already been badly affected by years of war. If you are rescued from the ruins alive, it does not mean that you survive, explains Falch. – We fear that the death toll will rise considerably during the day. Rescue teams are stuck Ove Syslak is the former head of the Norwegian search and rescue team. He has participated in the rescue work at several major earthquakes, and is in contact with colleagues on the ground in Turkey. – The problem now is logistics. Bringing out the heavier teams. A number of teams are stuck in, among other places, Istanbul. They bring very heavy and good equipment for jacking and lifting, says Syslak to news. Turks news talks to are angry because they are not getting help to look for relatives. The civilian population themselves climbs into the collapsed buildings and shouts into the ruins. WATCH VIDEO: news’s correspondent reports from the earthquake ruins in Turkey. – When it comes to finding survivors, the weather, temperature, rain and so on are important factors. Then of course there is safety and the danger that the buildings could collapse, says Syslak. The region has been hit by a number of powerful aftershocks. – If you are in the area where the buildings are partially destroyed, then such a new earthquake can be decisive for it to collapse. I know that the internationally classified teams are well equipped and well trained and can get into difficult areas safely and well. But they will say stop if it becomes too dangerous, says Syslak. Can survive a few days Syslak says it varies how long it is meaningful to look for survivors. – It is difficult to say, because there are many factors that influence it. But I would like to think that they will at least last a few more days. If the person in question is dry and isolated, they can survive for a few days in any case, says Syslak. When he participated in the rescue efforts after the earthquake in Nepal in 2015, they found survivors after six days. But it wasn’t as cold there. – Temperature and humidity are perhaps the biggest problem for those in the ruins, says Syslak.
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Problems with logistics after the earthquake in Turkey and Syria – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries
