A total of 19 countries in Europe have already mobilized more than 1,000 rescuers to work in the search for survivors in the earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, leaving more than 5,000 people dead in both countries.
Just one day after the strong earthquake in Turkey, the EU has deployed 27 rescue and medical teams through the Civil Protection Mechanism, provided by 19 European countries, 17 of them member states, Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarcic confirmed in a message on Twitter.
In total, 1,150 rescuers and 70 dogs specialized in these tasks have been deployed in Turkey from Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Italy, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Estonia, Spain, Malta, Slovakia, Portugal, as well as Montenegro and Albania.
According to the latest death toll provided by the Turkish and Syrian authorities, more than 5,000 people have died as a result of the succession of earthquakes recorded on Monday in southern Turkey.
Search and rescue efforts continue, due to the magnitude of the disaster, following the earthquake that has completely destroyed thousands of buildings, so the death toll is expected to rise considerably.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
