Rescuers pull dozens from rubble as Turkey quake death toll hits 31Rescue workers search the site of a collapsed building, after an earthquake in Elazig, Turkey, January 26, 2020. REUTERS/Umit BektasELAZIG, Turkey (Reuters) - Rescue teams working through the night in sub-zero temperatures pulled 45 people from collapsed buildings, Turkey’s disaster authority said on Sunday, as the death toll from a powerful earthquake in the country’s east rose to 31. Broadcasters showed footage of a 35-year old woman and her infant daughter being rescued from under the rubble 28 hours after the magnitude 6.8 quake struck Elazig province. Rescuers using their hands, drills and mechanical diggers continued searching for survivors at three sites in the province, Disaster and Emergency Authority AFAD said. It said officials had identified 645 heavily damaged and 76 collapsed buildings in the two provinces.

Source: Standard Digital January 26, 2020 08:15 UTC