Back-to-Back Earthquakes Leave More Than 4,300 Dead in Turkey and Northern Syria

Back-to-Back Earthquakes Leave More Than 4,300 Dead in Turkey and Northern Syria
Rescue teams and other people try to reach trapped residents inside collapsed buildings in Adana, Turkey, on Feb. 6, 2023. IHA agency via AP
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Two powerful earthquakes on Feb. 6 left at least 2,921 people dead in southern Turkey and at least 1,451 dead in northern Syria, according to local authorities in both countries.

The death toll, however, is expected to continue to climb as emergency workers struggle to pull survivors from under the rubble of collapsed buildings.