UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has called for investment in disaster resilience to honour the victims of earthquakes.
Over 500,000 residents of Naples in Southern Italy will be evacuated in 72 hours after over 160 earthquakes rocked the region in a day.
“The death toll has reached 48,000, and the number of injured has exceeded 115,000,” Mr Erdogan said in a televised address to the nation.
President Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that elections would be held on May 14, sticking to his previous plan for the vote.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a trip to Turkey that Washington would help Turkey “for as long as it takes.”
A woman was pulled out alive after being trapped in the rubble of a building that collapsed 52 hours after a quake shook Turkey to its foundation.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake jolted the northern Philippines, injuring 26 people and damaging houses and public infrastructure.
