News is still coming in from across Turkey following a massive 7.7 earthquake country that hit the country on Monday, February 6, 2023.
With multiple reports too confirming the news, Ghana international player, Christian Atsu, who plays for Turkish Super Lig club, Hataysport, has been confirmed to be part of the people who have been caught up in the rubble.
The earthquake, the second-largest in the last century anywhere in the world, has already been reported to have claimed more than 1600 lives both in Turkey and neighbouring Syria, the CNN reports.
As the world comes to terms with what is happening in Turkey, and as humanitarian and rescue efforts are being made to help the country, GhanaWeb takes a look at some of the videos that have been shared by people online showing the depth of destruction caused by the natural disaster.
The following tweets from Twitter:
This is the Moment a Building in Türkiye's Sanliurfa Collapsed after a major 7. 4 Magnitude Earthquake struck Türkiye.
May Allah Ease for everyone 🤲😭 #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake #Syria #earthquake #زلزال #زلزال_تركيا_سوريا #زلزال_ترکیا #زلزال_سوريا #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/mMvv37hIYL— Sarah Anwar 🇵🇸 (@saraanwar45) February 6, 2023
Buildings destroyed and hundreds of people are feared to have died after an earthquake in Türkiye.
May Allah protect them and have mercy on us. pic.twitter.com/oIaO9qFyuy— • (@Alhamdhulillaah) February 6, 2023
A Powerful 7.8 magnitude #earthquake hits Turkey.
The moment when rescue 🛟 team rescued a child alone without his family. In Türkiye's southern provinces#Turkey #deprem #Gaziantep #nurdagi #earthquakeinturkey pic.twitter.com/vmrnBstsJm— Babar Bhatti 🇵🇰 (@Babarbhatti22) February 6, 2023
A new #earthquake of the magnitude 7.8 occurred in #Turkey News Reporter Running and Screaming #TurkeyEarthquake pic.twitter.com/5sRtxaBB3Q
— Amit Sahu (@amitsahujourno) February 6, 2023
Horrific videos emerging from #tuerkiye of the devastating earthquake building crumbles down in mere seconds #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake pic.twitter.com/485DYrHIKN
— Amit Sahu (@amitsahujourno) February 6, 2023
There was another #earthquake in #Malatya #Türkiye🇹🇷 and the damaged buildings were demolished in live. #deprem #DEPREMOLDU #earthquakeinturkey #earthquaketurkey pic.twitter.com/BNKrGehOIK
— Turkic World (@TurkicWorld_Az) February 6, 2023
In these difficult moments for the peoples hit by the earthquake, in #Türkiye and #Syria, we should all pray that there will be as few human victims as possible.
We pray for them...!#PrayForTurkey pic.twitter.com/jyavyhY2zI— Argjend Zejnaj (@a_zejnaj) February 6, 2023
Source: ghanaweb.com
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