Earthquake kills more than 3,700 in Turkiye and Syria

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People try to reach trapped residents in a collapsed building in Pazarcik, in Kahramanmaras province, southern Turkiye, Feb 6, 2023. [Photo/VCG]
KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey/DAMASCUS - A huge earthquake killed more than 3,700 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, with freezing winter weather adding to the plight of the thousands left injured or homeless and hampering efforts to find survivors.
The magnitude 7.8 quake brought down whole apartment blocks in Turkish cities and piled more devastation on millions of Syrians displaced by years of war