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Radio Ulster,7 mins
Rescuers are racing to save people trapped beneath the rubble after hundreds of buildings collapsed in both countries.
Good Morning UlsterAvailable for over a year
Sir Stephen O'Brien was Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the UN from 2015 to 2017. Almost 5,000 people are now known to have died in Turkey and Syria after a series of earthquakes struck while they slept and then again while they struggled to escape and find loved one. The first quake was a major one, registering 7.8. And then A separate 7.5-magnitude tremor hit at around 13:30 local time which officials said was "not an aftershock". At least 3,381 have died in Turkey, while Syria toll stands at 1,444; WHO says deaths could pass 20,000
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