The death toll from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria has reached 30,000/ The United Nations has warned that the death toll will reach 55,000

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): Martin Griffiths, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Assistance, arrived yesterday (Saturday, 22nd Aquarius) in the southern city of "Kaherman Marash" in Turkey, the epicenter of the first 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the morning. Monday is the last week that has affected the lives of millions of people.
 
Griffiths predicted that the death toll from the severe earthquake in Turkey and Syria would be "double or more" than the current level of 28,000.
 
He said in an interview with "Sky News" about this: "I think it is difficult to estimate it accurately because we have to go under the rubble, but I am sure that (losses) will double or more." "We haven't really started counting the dead."
 
According to this report, local authorities and medical sources say that so far 24,617 people in Turkey and 3,574 people in Syria have died as a result of the earthquakes, and the total number of confirmed casualties in the two countries is 28,191.
 
Reports indicate that tens of thousands of aid workers are searching through the rubble despite the cold and freezing weather, while the extreme cold has intensified the suffering of millions of people in need of aid in Turkey and Syria.
 
The United Nations has warned that at least 870,000 people across Turkey and Syria need hot food, and more than 5,300,000 people have been displaced by the earthquake in Syria.
 
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that about 26 million people have been affected by the earthquake, and Turkey's Natural Disaster Management Agency has said that more than 32,000 Turkish organizations are involved in the search for survivors, and about 8,000 And 294 international aid workers are also participating in this operation.
 
Fouad Oktay, the vice president of Turkey, appeared in front of the media camera on Sunday morning, and gave explanations and statistics about the damages and casualties of the severe earthquake last week in the south of this country.
 
Oktay, who spoke at the headquarters of the Turkish Disaster Management Organization in Ankara, said that the death toll from the earthquake in Kahraman Marash province, which also damaged 9 other provinces, has increased to 24,617 dead and more than 80,000 injured.