The death toll in Turkey and Syria passes 12,000

[malaise]

https://www.theguardian.com/international

[Solly Mack]

1. :(

It's unimaginable, the devastation. The horror.

[malaise]

2. I'll take our six months of watching for hurricanes

Every day of the week

[Solly Mack]

4. Over earthquakes, yes.

And mudslides.

Storming now.

[Deuxcents]

3. Omg..the suffering of so many there n around our world is heartbreaking

[pandr32]

5. So horrific.

The pictures make it clear that the devastation is vast, it is very cold, and there is not enough help. It is hard not to imagine there are still live people in pockets under that debris, yet the areas hit are so widespread and resources are stretched.
This is clearly hell on earth.

[ornotna]

6. Unfortunately, I think it's going to go much higher

So many buildings collapsed.

[malaise]

8. Indeed

[crickets]

12. I know. It's such a horrifying tragedy. nt

[Skittles]

7. PLEASE, EVERYONE DONATE WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP

I recommend Doctors Without Borders - I made my donation today

[IcyPeas]

9. I keep looking at the temperature there. it's in the 20s at night.

[Johonny]

10. Not sure any place is fully prepared for a 7.8 Earthquake

[roamer65]

11. IMO...it will go into 6 figures.

4am. So many were sleeping.

[RockRaven]

14. I saw a couple of estimates in the 1st 24 hrs from disaster experts that agreed with that,

and one estimate was even above 200K.

This could end up as bad as the Port-au-Prince earthquake in 2010 (there are conflicting and controversial numbers there, but 100K-160K are possibly the better estimates).

[roamer65]

15. The affected area is the size of the UK.

I bet California seismologists are really looking over the data from this quake.

The East Anatolian Fault is remarkably similar to the San Andreas Fault.

[moondust]

13. Past 15,000 now.

How much assistance is Putin sending? I believe many of the victims in NW Syria were already the victims of Putin's warplanes. Horrific.

[malaise]

18. This will be worse than 1999

And 19,000+ died in that quake

[MissB]

16. Horrifying

It’s only going to be worse.

[leftstreet]

17. omg

this is horrible