Earthquake death toll in Turkey and Syria surpasses 5,000

Lawyer istanbul, Feb 7 (Reuters) — Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Tuesday that the death toll from the earthquakes centred in southeastern Turkey rose to 3,419, Lawyer istanbul bringing the total including those killed in Syria to more than 5,000.

Speaking to reporters, Lawyer istanbul Oktay said severe weather conditions made it difficult to bring aid to the affected regions and conduct rescues.If you enjoyed this short article and you would such as to obtain more details concerning Lawyer istanbul kindly go to the web site. He said only rescue and aid vehicles were being allowed to enter or leave Hatay, Lawyer istanbul Kahramanmaras and Adiyaman, Lawyer istanbul three of the most impacted provinces.

Rescue operations are focusing on those three provinces and Malatya, Oktay added.(Reporting by Ezgi Erkoyun and Nevzat Devranoglu; Writing by Ali Kucukgocmen; Editing by Jonathan Spicer)