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A person watches a search and rescue operation from a pile of rubble in Hatay, Turkey, after the earthquake.
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A person watches a search and rescue operation from a pile of rubble in Hatay, Turkey, after the earthquake.
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ISTANBUL — The mayor of Istanbul is warning that some 90,000 buildings could possibly be vulnerable to collapsing if a significant earthquake strikes Turkey’s largest metropolis. The warning comes as the demise toll from final week’s quake in Turkey and northern Syria now exceeds 40,000.
Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrum Imamoglu mentioned on a Turkish TV program that the present estimate of buildings vulnerable to collapse in a quake is sort of twice as giant because the earlier administration believed.
This comes after hundreds of buildings collapsed following final week’s lethal quake and as crews proceed working to seek out victims.
“We now have to maneuver very quick” to enhance the constructions and convey them in keeping with Turkey’s development codes for constructing in earthquake-prone areas, Imamoglu mentioned.
He added that some 317,000 constructions have been granted amnesties.
Turkey sits atop a number of fault traces and is vulnerable to earthquakes.
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