Wednesday, October 26, 2011

earthquake in turkey country

Rescue workers and heavy equipment work at the site of a collapsed building following the earthquake in Ercis, on Tuesday, Oct. 25. A total of 970 buildings collapsed as a result of the 7.2-magnitude quake and aftershocks, and some 1,200 rescue officials were frantically scrambling to pull out any survivors before the start of the second night since the quake, with temperatures expected to plunge to 36 Fahrenheit (2 degrees celcius) and snow forecast for Wednesday. (Cem Ozdel / Abaca) Back to slideshow navigation

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