Hatay/IBNS: Amid a huge number of deaths and massive destruction in Turkey, a miraculous rescue operation has emerged in which a two-month-old baby was brought out from under the rubble in Hatay.
The child was found alive nearly 128 hours after the earthquake, which has left about 24,000 people dead and 6,000 buildings collapsed in Turkey alone.
The 7.7 and 7.6-magnitude quakes, centred in Kahramanmaras province, were felt on Monday by 13 million people across 10 provinces, including Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa.
Several countries in the region, including Syria and Lebanon, felt the strong tremors.
More than 3,500 have died in Syria, where tolls have not been updated since Friday.
Thousands of rescue workers are still carrying out searches through flattened neighbourhoods battling freezing temperatures which added to the already deepening crisis.
Among those who were rescued five days after the quake in Turkey are a two-year-old girl, a six-month pregnant woman and a 70-year-old woman, Turkish media reported.
With such a massive death count, it is the country’s deadliest earthquake since 1939.
