Turkey quake: hope fading for survivors as death toll crosses 11,000

The death toll in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria has crossed 11,200 with the rescue operation still underway in the two countries, PTI reported.

In Turkey where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was on his first visit to the affected regions said the death toll in his country has risen to 8,574.

He, however, underlined that the "situation is under control"saying that all necessary means "have been mobilised" to "carry out the rescue operation.

President Erdogan toured a “tent city” in Kahramanmaras where people forced from their homes are living.

He conceded shortfalls early on in the response but vowed that no one would "be left in the streets.”

Search teams from more than two dozen countries have joined tens of thousands of local emergency personnel, and aid pledges have poured in from around the world. But the scale of destruction from the 7.8 magnitude quake and its powerful aftershocks was so immense — and spread so wide, including in areas isolated by Syria's ongoing civil war — that many are still waiting for help.

(With agency inputs)

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