Rail lines suddenly bent into S\u002Dcurves. Roads split laterally. And a 200\u002Dmetre\u002Dwide chasm opened between rows of trees in an olive grove.
Rescue workers in Kahramanmaras told Reuters they had contact with a grandmother, mother and baby trapped in a room in a three-storey building, with a fourth person possibly in another room. Crews from Spain and Turkey were trying to break a wall to reach them but a column was in the way.
In the Turkish city of Adiyaman, Musa Bozkurt waited for a vehicle to bring him and others to western Turkey.Article content “Those who have the means are leaving, but we’re poor,” he told AP. “The government says, go and live there a month or two. How do I leave my home? My fields are here, this is my home, how do I leave it behind?”
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