Zakat Foundation Response Zakat Foundation Teams on the ground delivering aid Zakat Foundation of America’s emergency relief team is on the ground, assessing the situation to uplift victims whose livelihoods have been buried beneath rubble.
A deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and Syria early Monday morning local time.Buildings have collapsed, people evacuated their homes, and those who were able to survive spent the aftermath in their cars in extreme cold. Rescue teams are frantically looking for survivors. As time passes, the victims lost under the rubble have a lower chance of survival. At least 20 aftershocks have hit since, the strongest measuring 6.6 magnitude.Zakat Foundation of America’s global Emergency Relief teams are also currently taking cover in their cars, and as soon as the situation allows, they will be assessing the situation and beginning rescue and relief efforts. 7.8 magnitude earthquake41,000+ people killed, death toll expected to rise82,000+ people injured300+ aftershocks followed, strongest one measuring at 6.6 magnitude