The mayor of Hatay: people were under the rubble after a new earthquake in Turkey

Under the rubble of houses after new earthquakes in Turkey were people. This was announced by the governor of the Turkish province of Hatay Lutfu Savash.

“Unfortunately, several houses collapsed, people remained under the rubble,” Savas stated on the air of the NTV channel. He noted that the rescuers went to help. The journalists also reported that after the earthquakes, a large number of ambulances were running in Khatai. The Turkish TV channel CNN Türk reports from the scene that there is a one-year-old child under the rubble of one of the houses.

Today, February 20, another earthquake of magnitude 6.3 was recorded on the border between Turkey and Syria. It was also felt in Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus and Israel. The Turkish Emergency Management Authority warned that Turkish citizens should not approach the sea in Hatay province due to the risk of rising water levels.