The always provisional assessment of the disaster should increase further in the coming days. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 26 million people may have been affected, including “approximately five million vulnerable people”.
MO12345lemonde with AFP
The balance sheet of the violent earthquake that occurred on Monday in Turkey and Syria is 33,179 dead on Sunday, according to the latest official figures.
The earthquake of magnitude 7.8 left 29,605 dead in southern Turkey, the AFAD public body, the Turkish Public Management Organization, announced on Sunday, while the authorities have counted 3,574 dead in Syria. According to the UN, this assessment could “double”.
/Media reports cited above.