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Rescuers warn time running out as quake toll passes 9,000

  1. Rescuers warn time is running out to find survivors in southern Turkey and northern Syria after two huge earthquakes on Monday
  2. More than 9,000 people are now known to have been killed, and in freezing temperatures, the death toll could continue to surge
  3. Despite the rescue mission over a vast area, some survivors in Turkey have told the BBC they are angry at the slow response by the authorities
  4. In northern Syria, some international aid is getting through, but access to rebel-held areas is severely limited because of damaged roads
  5. Dramatic footage has emerged of rescues – one family of six were pulled alive from the rubble in the Syrian city of Idlib
  6. The first 7.8 magnitude quake struck near Gaziantep in the early hours of Monday, followed by a 7.5 magnitude tremor hours late.

Source: BBC

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