Turkey, Syria earthquake: Death toll tops 20,000; World Bank pledges $1.78 billion aid
The lender is imparting on the spot help of $780 million via present tasks withinside the us of a to rebuild fundamental municipal-degree infrastructure, the Washington-primarily based totally lender stated in a declaration Thursday.
The World Bank will offer Turkey $1.seventy eight billion in help for alleviation and restoration paintings following earthquakes withinside the southeast which have killed nearly 18,000 humans there and in neighboring Syria.
The lender is imparting on the spot help of $780 million via present tasks withinside the us of a to rebuild fundamental municipal-degree infrastructure, the Washington-primarily based totally lender stated in a declaration Thursday. It’s additionally getting ready an extra $1 billion in operations to assist humans affected.
The World Bank has began out fast harm evaluation to estimate the value of the catastrophe and become aware of precedence regions for restoration and reconstruction assist, it stated.
The large temblors struck 10 provinces in southeast Turkey. Many humans continue to be trapped internal collapsed buildings, and survivors are dealing with freezing temperatures at night.
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