Death toll hits 33,000 in Turkey, Syria quake

The United Nations has warned that the eventual death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria may double, with the death toll now standing at 33,000.

Officials and medical personnel reported that 29,605 fatalities from Monday’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Turkey and 3,574 in Syria, bringing the confirmed death toll to 33,179.

The UN condemned the failure to provide urgently needed relief to Syria’s war-torn areas on Sunday and issued a dire warning that the already high death toll from the earthquake that also rocked Turkey might quadruple. a UN supply convoy traveling through northwest Syria…

The UN condemned the failure to provide urgently needed relief to Syria’s war-torn areas on Sunday and issued a dire warning that the already high death toll from the earthquake that also rocked Turkey might quadruple.

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