Twin quakes could cost Türkiye more than $100B: UN agency
GENEVA (AA) – Last month’s earthquakes could cost Türkiye more than $100 billion, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Louisa Vinton, Türkiye representative of UNDP, said 2.7 million people were displaced due to the earthquakes that jolted the region a month ago.
Nearly 600,000 buildings collapsed, she added in a weekly press conference.
“According to estimates so far, the damage (…) will cost more than $100 billion,” she said, speaking from Türkiye’s quake-hit province of Gaziantep via videolink.
On February 6, two powerful quakes struck southern Türkiye.
The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 tremors were centered in Kahramanmaras and rocked 10 other provinces – Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye, Sanliurfa, and Elazig. Some 13.5 million people have been affected by the devastating quakes.
Several countries in the region, including Syria and Lebanon, also felt the tremors that struck in less than 10 hours.
More than 46,100 people were killed by the quakes in Türkiye, according to the latest official figures. Thousands of others were injured.
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