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Morocco earthquake kills 300 and levels buildings around Atlas mountains

An earthquake has rocked Morocco’s Atlas mountains, killing nearly 300 people and flooring buildings in several surrounding governorates. The interior ministry said on Saturday morning the preliminary death toll stood at 296, with another 156 injured. However, as the quake hit mountainous areas, access to victims is believed to be difficult. The ministry said the provinces of Al Haouz, Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Azilal, Chichaoua and Taroudant were affected. Reuters reported that buildings in […]

today9 September 2023

Local

Joburg EMS on high alert after tremor

The Johannesburg Emergency Services says its disaster management teams are on high alert to respond to any eventuality following this morning’s earth tremor that hit large parts of Gauteng. The tremor with an estimated 4.8 magnitude was felt as far as Pretoria. It is believed the epicenter is in Boksburg on the East Rand. Some people took to social media and posted videos and photos of the moment the tremor hit and […]

today11 June 2023

International

In Istanbul, earthquake survivors rebuild shattered lives

Istanbul, Turkey – When the bed Hacer Guven, 81, was sleeping in plunged all the way from the fourth floor to the ground floor of her apartment building in Antakya, in Turkey’s southernmost province of Hatay, the impact of the February 6 earthquake was felt as far away as Istanbul, where some of her close relatives lived. “We have this family chat, and everybody is on the group chat trying to […]

today10 March 2023

International

Volunteers rescue over 1,500 animals after earthquakes in Turkiye

Over 1,500 pets have been rescued, so far, since the twin earthquakes hit southern Turkiye, a non-profit organisation said Thursday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "More than three weeks after the deadly earthquake in Turkiye, the animal rescue team from Humane Society International is still finding dogs and cats alive in abandoned apartments, damaged buildings or wandering the streets," the Humane Society International (HSI) said in a statement. "The animal charity estimates that […]

today3 March 2023

Local

Oasis donates aid to quake hit Türkiye

After yet another 5.6 earthquake hit Türkiye, three weeks after a quake that devastated parts of the country and neighbouring Syria, global wealth management group Oasis met with the Turkish Consul General of Cape Town on Monday morning at Cape Town International Airport to hand over much needed supplies to aid victims affected by the disaster. According to a statement released by Oasis, a total of 15 tons of supplies […]

today27 February 2023

Local

GOTG rescue head recounts scenes after Turkey, Syria quakes

By: Aneeqa du Plessis The disastrous earthquakes that devastated southeastern Türkiye and Northern Syria earlier this month and again on  February 20 calls for a dedicated and continued global humanitarian response. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast show on Friday morning, Gift of the Givers team leader for search and rescue Ahmed Bham described the current state in Turkiye and Syria. “The devastation is at such a massive scale at the moment […]

today24 February 2023

International

Teen, two men rescued in Türkiye nearly 11 days after quake

Turkish rescuers pulled a 14-year-old boy and two men nearly 11 days after the huge earthquake, a minister said on Friday, as rescue efforts wind down. Osman, 14, was rescued 260 hours after the 7.8-magnitude tremor struck Türkiye's southeast and Syria, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter. He shared an image of the adolescent with his eyes open on a stretcher and said Osman had been taken to hospital […]

today19 February 2023

International

Turkey earthquake: World Bank estimated making homes safe would cost $465bn

The World Bank estimated in 2021 that retrofitting or rebuilding millions of residential buildings in Turkey to withstand an earthquake would cost almost half a trillion dollars. In December 2021, the Washington-based bank, which provides loans and grants to governments, said it was providing the Turkish government with "technical assistance" to help it meet the "massive financing needs" necessary to undertake the urgent work. The bank warned that "most housing stock in Turkish cities […]

today16 February 2023

International

Rescuers toil on in rubble of Türkiye and Syria

Exhausted rescuers pulled dwindling numbers of survivors from earthquake rubble in Türkiye and Syria on Saturday five days after one of the region’s worst natural disasters whose death toll neared 26,000 and looked set to rise far higher. In Kahramanmaras, close to the epicentre in south Türkiye, there were fewer visible rescue operations amid the smashed concrete mounds of fallen houses and apartment blocks where trucks rumbled through streets shipping […]

today12 February 2023

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