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RESCUERS DIG THROUGH RUBBLES AS TURKEY -SYRIA EARTH QUAKE DEATH TOLL PASSES 7,700

The death toll of a devastating earthquake in the Southern Turkey and jumped to more than 7,700 people on 7th February, Tuesday as rescuers worked against time in harsh winter conditions to dig survivors out of the rubble of collapsed buildings.

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As the scale of the disaster became ever more apparent , the death toll hooked likely to rise considerably . UN source said that the death of the children might have surged to thousand numbers .                                 


Turkish President declared Tayyip Erdogan declared a state of Emergency in 10 provinces . But residents in several damaged Turkish cities voiced anger and despair at what they said was a slow and inadequate response from the authorities to the disastrous earthquake since 1999.                   


Monday's earthquake magnitude was 7.8 , followed hours later by a second one almost as powerful, toppled thousands of buildings including hospitals, schools and apartments, injured more than 10,000 people and left huge numerber of people shelterless in Turkey and Syria.