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Today, Explained

One earthquake, two recoveries

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Turkey is digging itself out from the devastating earthquake that has killed thousands across the country. Recovery efforts have been more difficult in northwest Syria, where civil war means there’s no unified response to the crisis. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained   Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's today explained I'm Noel King.

0:03.3

A brother and sister were pulled out of a collapsed building in Northwest Syria yesterday.

0:08.6

The girl who looks to be about six or seven had reportedly said to a rescue worker,

0:13.0

get me out of here.

0:14.2

I'll do anything for you.

0:16.4

And that rescue worker delivered.

0:18.1

In fact, the girl's whole family survived.

0:20.6

The death toll from that 7.8 magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks that hit Turkey and Syria

0:26.6

has risen to 11,600 and that number is being updated every few hours.

0:33.2

Turkey's president, Richard Type Erdogan, declared a three-month state of emergency saying

0:37.9

he believes Turkish people will exhibit patience.

0:41.2

But after all this, it's unclear how much patience they have.

0:45.2

Meanwhile, in Northwest Syria, there's little government to even speak of.

0:49.6

Next, two reporters join us from the region to tell us what they're seeing.

0:59.5

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