Turkey-Syria earthquake: Families spend nights in flimsy tents on snow-covered ground | ITV News

February 9, 2023 by News Desk

ITV News published this video item, entitled “Turkey-Syria earthquake: Families spend nights in flimsy tents on snow-covered ground | ITV News” – below is their description.

Survivors of the earthquake are facing a ‘secondary disaster which may cause harm to more people than the initial disaster’ as they are stranded in ‘horrific conditions,’ warns the World Health Organisation.
Families with children are having to spend their nights in a flimsy tent, pitched on snow-covered ground with the thinnest of mats and not enough bedding to go round.
ITV News Correspondent Rachel Younger reports from Malatya, Turkey, amid plummeting temperatures.
Read the full report on the ITV News website here: https://www.itv.com/news/2023-02-09/icy-temperatures-could-cause-secondary-disaster-worse-than-earthquake-who-warns
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