Some people were evacuated from a waterlogged campsite where earthquake survivors were sheltering in tents. Two people died in Adiyaman when waters swept away a container home where a group of earthquake survivors was living. On March 15, floods caused by heavy rains resulted in the deaths of 15 people in the southern Turkey provinces of Sanliurfa and Adiyaman. Approximately 7,000 people were evacuated, and 1,000 houses flooded across the nearby villages of Hardana, Delbiya, Jakara and Hamziyeh. The flood led to the displacements of people from the village of Al-Tlul in the Idlib governorate.
However, hostilities in the region have largely remained since the disaster, prompting accusations that life-saving aid was being politicized.Īccording to a REACH rapid assessment involving 604 communities in northwest Syria, winterization, shelter and multi-purpose cash support were cited as the top priority.įollowing the earthquake, a dam collapsed in northwestern Syria, causing the overflow of the Orontes River. 14, three border-crossing points were opened for UN aid delivery: Bab Al-Hawa, Bab Al-Salam and Al-Ra’ee.Īs of March 31, more than 1,200 trucks loaded with aid had crossed into northwest Syria since Feb. Looking for international help that hasn’t arrived.” The UN says it is scaling up its cross-border aid operation.Īs of Feb. 12, Martin Griffiths, the UN’s top aid official, said, “We have so far failed the people in north-west Syria. While countries have offered to support Turkey, and the country has disaster management structures to support the response, getting aid to affected Syrians is likely to be more difficult, considering the country is not controlled by one authority. In northwest Syria, 4.1 million people depend on humanitarian assistance, the majority of whom are women and children. Coordinated assistance by the UN to Syria’s northwest arrives across the border from Turkey, while Damascus is where assistance is coordinated within the rest of government-controlled Syria. One obstacle in providing aid quickly in Syria is that the government does not control all of the northwest, the area hardest hit by the earthquake. Syria’s current complex humanitarian emergency is among the largest humanitarian crises in the world and the earthquake will only exacerbate the situation and vulnerabilities. Damaged buildings are at high risk of collapse, and survivors may continue to experience ongoing fear while also beginning to deal with lasting trauma. 27, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook southern Turkey, causing damaged buildings to collapse and killing at least one person.Īccording to ACAPS, new earthquakes are among the worst-case scenarios for the region because they could impact humanitarian needs and the ability to meet them. 20, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake killed three people and injured 213 in southern Turkey. (Source: Republic of Türkiye Ministry of National Defence via Twitter) (Photo: Members of the Turkish Armed Forces conduct search and rescue efforts after the earthquake, Feb. According to the United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in their April 20 Turkey Earthquake Situation Report, “Difficult weather conditions, including heavy rain and flooding, strong winds as well as increasingly hot weather in some areas, pose additional challenges to the humanitarian response.” Aftershocks are expected to continue for the foreseeable future.Īdditional disaster events have made the response difficult and pose challenges for a timely and effective recovery. Source: CNNĪs of March 1, more than 11,000 aftershocks occurred, according to Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD). The country of Turkey is recognized in English as Türkiye by the United Nations (UN).
Governments around the world were quick to respond to requests for international assistance, deploying rescue teams and offering aid. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in 10 of the country’s provinces. State authorities declared a level-4 emergency leading to a call for international assistance. The Turkish government is leading the response there through coordination by AFAD and with the Turkish Red Crescent. The first earthquake was the most devastating to hit earthquake-prone Turkey in more than 20 years and was as strong as one in 1939, the most powerful recorded there. It was centered near Gaziantep in south-central Turkey, home to thousands of Syrian refugees and the many humanitarian aid organizations also based there. This quake was followed approximately nine hours later by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake located around 59 miles (95 kilometers) to the southwest. 6, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred in southern Turkey near the northern border of Syria.
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