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Sunday, 12 February 2023

Ongoing rescue efforts to find survivors in deadly Turkey and Syria earthquake leads coverage

The aftermath of last week’s deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria continued to dominate the airwaves last night. Masaa DMC and El Hekaya focused on rescue efforts to find survivors on the sixth day of the catastrophe, with the death toll now above 28k and 80k still missing (watch, runtime: 14:36 | watch, runtime: 6:05).

Expect more aftershocks to occur in the coming days, Cairo University geology and water resources professor Abbas Sharaky told Ala Mas’ouleety, adding that “we can’t predict the magnitude of such quakes or its [accurate] location with currently scientific methods” (watch, runtime: 3:18).

Egypt’s provision of emergency aid to Syria got a lot of attention, with Al Hayah Al Youm noting a tweet by the UNHCR Egypt about Cairo being the first country to send a team to provide aid (watch, runtime: 7:44). Ala Mas’ouleety also noted Egypt’s aid effort (watch, runtime: 3:33).

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