7.8-magnitude tremor hit early on Monday, with second major quake mid-morning hampering rescue effortsTurkey and Syria earthquake live updates: follow the latest newsWhat we know so farDestruction strikes at night – in picturesMore than 2,000 people were killed when an earthquake struck central Turkey and north-west Syria, in one of the most powerful quakes in the region in at least a century, while a second powerful tremor hours later threatened to overwhelm rescue efforts.Thousands more were injured as the quake wiped out entire sections of major cities in a region filled with millions of people who have fled the civil war in Syria. Continue reading...
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