Death toll from February earthquakes in Trkiye rises to 50,096

The death toll from powerful earthquakes that struck southern Trkiye last month has risen to 50,096, an official from the nation's disaster agency said on Monday.

Yunus Sezer, the head of the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), said 107,204 people were injured.

On Feb. 6, magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes struck 11 Turkish provinces - Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa.

More than 13.5 million people in Trkiye have been affected by the devastating quakes, as well as many others in northern Syria.

Source: Anadolu Agency