In the town, where about a thousand inhabitants lived, a huge moat was opened, where water rose from the cellars and then stagnated.
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Rescue work was concentrated in Antakya, the capital of Hatay Province, which was hit by a natural disaster.
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IN Demirkopru20 kilometers, the virulence of the incident is evident, although it left no deaths.
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During the earthquake, which killed more than 44,000 people, “the earth sank and then rose again.”
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Half a dozen nearby buildings were badly damaged. The carcass of a cow lies in the dried mud of what is left of the farm barn.
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The asphalt road burst, and some sections were a meter higher than others.
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“It became an island that went up and down, up and down,” says Murat Yar, imitating a kind of flying carpet with his hands.
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“The earth slid thirty meters towards the river. You could see water and sand pouring out,” the 38-year-old roofer continues.
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The city regrets only a few injuries, because its residents, he said, could “jump out of the windows of their one-two-story houses,” in contrast to Antakya, where houses collapsed from tremors.
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IN Demirkopruthe population fled to a piece of land designated by the authorities as safe, but which also seemed to come to life.
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The four prefabricated school buildings look like dominoes scattered across an uneven mound of earth.
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Source: RPP
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