Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Death toll reaches 37,000

The earthquake death toll has now climbed to at least 37,357 in Turkey and Syria.

At least 31,643 people have been killed in southeastern Turkey, according to the latest figures from the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority.

© Burak Kara/Getty Images Workers stand on top of a collapsed building as a digger works its way through the debris, Feb. 13, 2023 in Hatay, Turkey.

© Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images Relatives react after identifying a body as a family member in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, Feb. 13, 2023, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria.

Meanwhile, at least 5,714 people were killed in both government- and rebel-controlled areas of northwestern Syria, according to combined figures from the Syrian Ministry of Health and the Syrian civil defense and medical group that operates in opposition-held areas, known as the White Helmets.

© Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images An infant rescued from the wreckage of the earthquake receives medical treatment while being transported to a hospital in Bab al-Hawa in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, on Feb. 12, 2023.

© White Helmets/via Reuters School books and certificates found by White Helmets member lay on the rubble, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in rebel-held town of Jandaris, Syria, Feb. 10, 2023.

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A little girl named Miray was rescued after 178 hours in the rubble in Turkey, Reuters reported, citing Turkey's transport minister.

© Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Ministry via Reuters A video grab shows a girl named Miray which Turkey's transport minister says was rescued 178 hours after the earthquake on Feb. 6, in Adiyaman, Turkey.

People yelled "God is great" as Miray was placed onto a stretcher, Reuters reported.

The little girl's age and condition were not immediately clear.

Turkish authorities have issued at least 113 arrest warrants as of Monday in connection with the construction of buildings that collapsed in southeastern Turkey last week during the massive earthquake and powerful aftershocks.

The warrants are targeting contractors who are allegedly linked to the collapsed buildings.

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More than 33,000 people are dead in Turkey and Syria as a result of last week's earthquake and aftershocks, officials said.

© Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images A Turkish soldier walks among destroyed buildings in Hatay, on Feb. 12, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast.

At least 29,605 people had died in Turkey, officials announced Sunday. More than 3,500 have died in Syria, local officials said late Sunday.

Another 80,000 people have been injured, officials said.

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Monday's massive earthquake and powerful aftershocks have killed more than 25,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

"In addition to the already collapsed buildings, the other ones whose number can be expressed in hundreds of thousands have also become uninhabitable due to their damages. So far, the total loss of life in the earthquake area has reached 21,043 and the number of injured rose to 80,097," Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said.

121 citizens were pulled alive from the rubble over the past 24 hours, according to Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay.

In Syria, the death toll has risen to over 3,500.

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The Syria Civil Defense, a Syrian volunteer organization also known as the White Helmets, announced in a statement Friday that after 108 hours of work, its first responders have ceased search and rescue operations and have shifted to search and recovery in earthquake-devastated northwestern Syria.

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The United States is “ramping up” assistance to Turkey and Syria, White House spokesperson John Kirby said Friday.

© Emrah Gurel/AP People bury their loved ones at the cemetery in Adiyaman, Turkey after the earthquake on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.

“In Turkey, a USAID Disaster Assistance and Response Team is already on the ground. And two of our most highly trained urban search and rescue teams are conducting operations in support of Turkish rescue efforts in Adana -- one of the hardest-hit areas inside the country,” Kirby said. “These teams have nearly 200 personnel combined between them, specialized equipment and canine support dogs, as well.”

Kirby said they’ve been able to “expand their operational reach with the support of U.S. military Blackhawk helicopters” to try and get around the extensive damage to roads and bridges.

© Suhaib Salem/Reuters People console each other as the search for survivors continues after a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Feb. 10, 2023.

“To date, they have been able to cover more than 630 sites across Adana [in Turkey],” Kirby said. “In Syria, our humanitarian partners continue to urgently scale up response efforts to reach people in need. That work will include, or has included, chartered flights that are transporting essential medical supplies and teams distributing hot meals and other food.”

The United Nations and its partners have successfully completed two humanitarian convoys into northwest Syria, Kirby said. One partner delivered 14 additional truckloads of supplies through the Bab-al-Hawa Crossing on the Turkey-Syria border, “totaling now 20 trucks of critical medicines, food and water to people in need over the last two days,” he said.

Kirby said U.S. sanctions imposed on Syria “will not prevent or inhibit prohibiting humanitarian assistance.”

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Monday's massive earthquake and powerful aftershocks have claimed at least 23,270 lives.

In Turkey, at least 20,213 people were killed and more than 80,000 others were injured, according to officials.

© AP An aerial photo showing the destruction in Hatay city center, southern Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.

Meanwhile, at least 3,507 people were killed and 7,115 others were injured in both government- and rebel-controlled areas of northwestern Syria, according to combined figures from the Syrian Ministry of Health and the Syrian civil defense and medical group that operates in opposition-held areas, known as the White Helmets.

© Khalil Hamra/AP Volunteers distribute aid to people in Antakya, southern Turkey, Feb. 8, 2023.

The Associated Press reported that the rising death toll in Turkey and Syria is now higher than the number of people who died as a result of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan’s northeastern Tohoku region, which caused the nuclear accident in Fukushima.

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A newborn baby boy was rescued from the rubble in Turkey Friday, nearly 90 hours after the quake hit.

The baby, named Yagiz Ulas, was just 10 days old when he was rescued, along with his mother, Reuters reported. After the baby was removed from the rubble of the building in Hatay province, he was wrapped in a thermal blanket and put in an ambulance, according to Reuters.

© Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Ten-day-old baby Yagiz Ulas is examined by first responders in Hatay, Turkey on Feb. 9, 2023, after being rescued from the rubble 90 hours after 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes hit parts of Turkey and Syria. The child's mother was also rescued.

As the desperate search for survivors continues, 121 Turkish citizens have been pulled from the rubble alive in the past 24 hours, Vice President Fuat Oktay said Thursday.

The search and rescue operations in Kilis and Şanlıurfa provinces have been completed, and they are almost complete in Adana, Osmaniye and Diyarbakır provinces, Oktay said.

© Ronen Zvulun/Reuters Israeli Defence Forces' members and a Turkish rescue team's members move a rescued 14-year-old girl from under the rubble, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Feb. 9, 2023.

© Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A woman is pulled from the rubble, Feb. 10, 2023, 108 hours after 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes hit multiple provinces of Turkey including the Antakya district of Hatay, Turkey.

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