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A British Columbia woman who lost nearly a dozen family members in the devastating earthquake in Turkey has returned to Vancouver after a trip to her hometown, and said the region remains desperately in need of help. Nural Sumbultepe lost 10 relatives in the quake, including six immediate family members. …
Read More »People dig by hand for survivors of deadly Afghanistan quake
Survivors dug by hand Thursday through villages in eastern Afghanistan that were reduced to rubble by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people, as the Taliban and the international community that fled their takeover struggled to aid the disaster’s victims. In Paktika province’s hard-hit Gayan district, villagers stood …
Read More »Powerful quake in Afghanistan kills at least 1,000 people
A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more in one of the deadliest quakes in decades, the state-run news agency reported. Officials warned that the already grim death toll may still rise. Information remained scarce on the magnitude-6.1 …
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