Turkey earthquake toll exceeds 260
China Daily | Updated: 2011-10-25 08:00
A rescue worker carrying a girl runs to an ambulance after his team found her alive in a collapsed building in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, on Monday. Reuters |
ERCIS, Turkey - Rescuers clawed through rubble on Monday to free people trapped by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 264 people and wounded more than 1,000 in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey.
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