A 12-year-old boy has been found alive after more than 260 hours trapped under rubble in Turkey

Emergency teams Turkey managed to save alive a 12 year old boy what happened 260 hours among the rubble of a building in the province of Hatay. A few hours earlier, rescuers had announced the rescue of a 17 year old girl and a 20 year old woman In Kahramanmarasa town near the epicenter of the February 6 earthquake.

“He appeared to be in good health. I opened and closed my eyes,” said miner Ali Akdogan who helped rescue one, Aleyna Olmez.

Ten days after the earthquake, one of the ten deadliest in the last 100 years, hopes of finding survivors are fading day by day. Many inhabitants of the areas most affected by the phenomenon are faced with a situation of extreme urgency which is aggravated by low temperaturesthere Lack of drinking water and the scarce resources to keep warm and even wash.

Thus, the population is more susceptible to contracting diseases it could be serious in this scenario. “The needs are enormous, people are suffering and there is no time to lose”said the Secretary General of the HIM, Anthony Guterresin a statement released this Thursday in which people around the world were invited to collaborate with donations to help the victims.

As the days go by, there are fewer and fewer rescue missions, but those of humanitarian aid for the survivors and the injured. That is why, with this fund, it is planned to provide assistance to 5.2 million people over the next three months, added António Guterres.

The money “would allow aid organizations to quickly scale up life support” in a variety of ways, such as food security, protection, education, water and shelter.

“I urge the international community to move forward and fully fund this critical effort in response to one of the greatest natural disasters of our time“, concludes the press release published on the same day that it was confirmed that the number of dead in Turkey for this episode is already in 38.044. During this time, the Syrian casualties son 3.688 therefore, in totalthe tremor left a balance of 41,732 people – although they are more than 5 million people affected for the episode.

Although the earthquake took place in one of the most active seismic zones in the world, many recent studies have suggested that the buildings there were not built to the parameters established to withstand such powerful ground vibrations. The authorities have even launched an investigation into this subject, in which there are already more than a dozen detainees.

The latest assessment indicates that more than 11,000 buildings have been damaged and 50,000 others must be demolished urgently given the risks of collapse that still persist on them.

The minister of the Interior, Suleiman SoyluHe commented that alongside these demolitions, samples of rubble will be taken to determine the quality of the concrete or structure and thus be able to clear up liabilities in the future.

(With information from AFP and Europa Press)

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