UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said he expected the death toll to at least double.
Rescuers have pulled a seven-month-old baby and a teenage girl from the rubble in Hatay, Turkey, nearly a week after earthquakes devastated the country as well as neighbouring Syria and killed more than 29,000 people.
The number of deaths in Turkey rose to 24,617 on Sunday while more than 4,500 have been killed in Syria. According to Syrian government-controlled media, at least 1,408 people were killed & 2,341 injured – while the White Helmets reported 3,100 people dead and 5,070 injured in opposition-controlled areas, the humanitarian group told Al Jazeera.
United Nation relief chief Martin Griffiths said he expected the death toll to at least double after he arrived in southern Turkey on Saturday to assess the damage.
Tens of thousands of rescue workers are scouring flattened neighbourhoods despite freezing weather that has deepened the hardship of millions now in desperate need of aid.
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