Syria Turkey Earthquake USAGM
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- Syria Turkey Earthquake USAGM
- February 7, 2023
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TURKEY SYRIA EARTHQUAKE Feb 7 HEAD: Death Toll Rises as Rescue Efforts Continue in Turkey and Syria SUBHEAD: “People are still under the rubble and we are already mourning,” says resident. PUBLISHED AT:02/07/2023 at 11:35am BYLINE: Heather Murdock DATELINE: ISTANBUL VIDEOGRAPHER: Memet Aksakal, Mahmut Bozarslan VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA ORIGINAL, REUTERS PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO TRT: 2:41 VID APPROVED BY: sv, wpm TYPE: TVPKG/RADIO EDITOR NOTES: ((EDS: Updated death toll in intro as needed)) ((INTRO)) [[The death toll from Monday’s massive earthquakes in Turkey and Northern Syria has passed 5,000 people, with rescue efforts continuing into another bitterly cold night. VOA’s Heather Murdock reports from Istanbul with Memet Aksakal in Diyarbakir, Turkey.]] ((NARRATOR:)) Rescue efforts continued overnight after this week’s earthquakes in Northern Syria and southern and eastern Turkey. Thousands of people have been rescued from the rubble in the past day, and thousands more have been found dead. People across the region are traumatized. ((Bahri, Diyarbakir Resident)) ((Male in Turkish)) “My son woke me up. I think, it was in the second minute. The shaking was very strong and we did not know what to do. We put our clothes on and ran. On the staircase, there was a panic. Everyone was running down at the same time.” ((NARRATOR:)) Turkish officials say they are still assessing the damage as they continue to search for survivors. ((Fuat Oktay, Turkish Vice President)) ((Male in Turkish)) “The number of people rescued from the rubble exceeded 8,000. We have a total of 5,775 destroyed buildings. So far, 312 aftershocks have occurred. Three of them were over magnitude 6.24, aftershocks occurred between 5-6 magnitude." ((NARRATOR:)) The first earthquake, a 7.8 magnitude, hit early Monday morning followed by multiple large-scale aftershocks that destroyed many already-damaged buildings. In 1999, a slightly smaller earthquake, a 7.6 magnitude, hit Istanbul, killing more than 17,000 people. Health officials say they expect the death toll to continue to rise dramatically in the coming days and weeks. ((Bahri, Diyarbakir Resident)) ((Male in Turkish)) “Many of our neighbors died. We are so sad and wish to recover. We wish Turkey will recover. People are still under the rubble and we are already mourning. God bless those who died and bring healing to the injured.” ((NARRATOR:)) Aid organizations warn that freezing weather, snow and rain are already complicating rescue efforts, especially in northern Syria, where infrastructure is already in shambles after 12 years of war. The region is home to some of the most vulnerable people on earth with millions of people living in make-shift camps in northern Syria or as refugees in Turkey. ((Heather Murdock in Istanbul with Memet Aksakal in Diyarbakir, VOA News))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TURKEY SYRIA EARTHQUAKE Feb 7 HEAD: Death Toll Rises as Rescue Efforts Continue in Turkey and Syria SUBHEAD: “People are still under the rubble and we are already mourning,” says resident. PUBLISHED AT:02/07/2023 at 11:35am BYLINE: Heather Murdock DATELINE: ISTANBUL VIDEOGRAPHER: Memet Aksakal, Mahmut Bozarslan VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA ORIGINAL, REUTERS PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO TRT: 2:41 VID APPROVED BY: sv, wpm TYPE: TVPKG/RADIO EDITOR NOTES: ((EDS: Updated death toll in intro as needed)) ((INTRO)) [[The death toll from Monday’s massive earthquakes in Turkey and Northern Syria has passed 5,000 people, with rescue efforts continuing into another bitterly cold night. VOA’s Heather Murdock reports from Istanbul with Memet Aksakal in Diyarbakir, Turkey.]] ((NARRATOR:)) Rescue efforts continued overnight after this week’s earthquakes in Northern Syria and southern and eastern Turkey. Thousands of people have been rescued from the rubble in the past day, and thousands more have been found dead. People across the region are traumatized. ((Bahri, Diyarbakir Resident)) ((Male in Turkish)) “My son woke me up. I think, it was in the second minute. The shaking was very strong and we did not know what to do. We put our clothes on and ran. On the staircase, there was a panic. Everyone was running down at the same time.” ((NARRATOR:)) Turkish officials say they are still assessing the damage as they continue to search for survivors. ((Fuat Oktay, Turkish Vice President)) ((Male in Turkish)) “The number of people rescued from the rubble exceeded 8,000. We have a total of 5,775 destroyed buildings. So far, 312 aftershocks have occurred. Three of them were over magnitude 6.24, aftershocks occurred between 5-6 magnitude." ((NARRATOR:)) The first earthquake, a 7.8 magnitude, hit early Monday morning followed by multiple large-scale aftershocks that destroyed many already-damaged buildings. In 1999, a slightly smaller earthquake, a 7.6 magnitude, hit Istanbul, killing more than 17,000 people. Health officials say they expect the death toll to continue to rise dramatically in the coming days and weeks. ((Bahri, Diyarbakir Resident)) ((Male in Turkish)) “Many of our neighbors died. We are so sad and wish to recover. We wish Turkey will recover. People are still under the rubble and we are already mourning. God bless those who died and bring healing to the injured.” ((NARRATOR:)) Aid organizations warn that freezing weather, snow and rain are already complicating rescue efforts, especially in northern Syria, where infrastructure is already in shambles after 12 years of war. The region is home to some of the most vulnerable people on earth with millions of people living in make-shift camps in northern Syria or as refugees in Turkey. ((Heather Murdock in Istanbul with Memet Aksakal in Diyarbakir, VOA News))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date February 7, 2023 11:34 EST
- Byline Heather Murdock
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America