Every day there are about 50 earthquakes happening around the world, but this one took place in the populous Turkey where now there are over 200 reported deaths and over 1,000 people were injured. It is the worst earthquake to hit Turkey in decades.
Up to 50 buildings have collapsed in the city and the Turkish military is reportedly on the way to help with the rescue operation. More accounts of dead bodies and destruction emerged from smaller settlements across the remote area near the Iranian border, most of them left without electricity or phone access.Turkey's interior minister Idris Naim Sahin, who is overseeing emergency operations in Ercis, says 117 people are confirmed dead in the town and 100 in Van city.He says a total of 1,090 people are known to have been injured by the quake. Officials say hundreds of people remain unaccounted for.
This is a quite stunning news to be heard waking up in the morning. Some say the only preventable natural disaster is meteoroids. Anything happens on earth cannot be avoided as we live in it.
Not to be anti-monarchic or anything, but I never get the joy over the Queen's arrival to Australia, not to mention the arrival in Brisbane. But indeed it would be a great opportunity for people to crowd up along the riverside and have a glimpse of the Queen. But also I might regret the fact for going to the last lecture class instead of joining the exciting crowd, as this might be her majesty's last visit and probably we'll never see her landing in Australia again.
D.
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