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Death toll in Turkey, Syria earthquake surpasses 15,000

A man bring blankets and mattress as rescue teams search for people in destroyed buildings in Elbistan, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. With the hope of finding survivors fading, stretched rescue teams in Turkey and Syria searched Wednesday for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A man sits in front of a destroyed building, in Adiyaman, southeastern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. With hope of finding survivors fading, stretched rescue teams in Turkey and Syria searched Wednesday for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by the world's deadliest earthquake in more than a decade. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) FILE - Rescue teams carry the body of a victim from a destroyed building after a devastating earthquake rocked Syria and Turkey, in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. For years, the people of Aleppo bore the brunt of bombardment and fighting when their city, once Syria's largest and most cosmopolitan, was one of the civil war's fiercest battle zones. Even that didn't prepare them for the new devastation and terror wreaked by this week's earthquake. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File) Turkish army commandos rescue Kübra, a ten-year-old girl, from under the rubble in Hatay, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Freezing cold temperatures are hindering rescue teams as they work to save people still trapped in the rubble after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake ripped through the region in the early morning hours Monday. Officials expect the number of reported deaths to increase significantly as operations continue. (IHA via AP) Rescuers from Turkey warm themselves from a freezing weather, in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. With the hope of finding survivors fading, stretched rescue teams in Turkey and Syria searched Wednesday for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Members of a search and rescue team with their dogs stand in line waiting to board an airplane to Turkey at the military airport in Lisbon, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Portugal is sending a team of 53 people and six dogs to join the rescue effort in the aftermath of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that ripped through Turkey and Syria last Monday. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) Aerial photo shows the destruction in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Thinly stretched rescue teams worked through the night in Turkey and Syria, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake. The death toll rose Wednesday to more than 9,500, making the quake the deadliest in more than a decade. (Ahmet Akpolat/DIA via AP ) Emergency teams search for people in the rubble of a destroyed building in Adana, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. A powerful earthquake hit southeast Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing and injuring thousands of people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Death toll in Turkey, Syria earthquake surpasses 15,000