Quake rescues slow as hopes of finding people alive under rubble fade in Turkey, Syria

ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria -- Rescuers in Turkey pulled more people from the rubble early on Saturday, five days after the country's most devastating earthquake since 1939, but hopes were fading in Turkey and Syria that many more survivors would be found. In Kahramanmaras, close to the quake's epicenter in southeastern Turkey, there were fewer visible rescue operations amid the smashed concrete mounds of fallen houses and apartment blocks, while ever more trucks rumbled through the streets shipping out debris. The growing death toll, exceeding 24,150 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria, raised questions over Turkey's earthquake planning and response time, and Presid...Keep on reading: Quake rescues slow as hopes of finding people alive under rubble fade in Turkey, Syria

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