- Rescuers warn time is running out to find survivors in southern Turkey and northern Syria after two huge earthquakes on Monday
- More than 9,000 people are now known to have been killed, and in freezing temperatures, the death toll could continue to surge
- Despite the rescue mission over a vast area, some survivors in Turkey have told the BBC they are angry at the slow response by the authorities
- In northern Syria, some international aid is getting through, but access to rebel-held areas is severely limited because of damaged roads
- Dramatic footage has emerged of rescues – one family of six were pulled alive from the rubble in the Syrian city of Idlib
- The first 7.8 magnitude quake struck near Gaziantep in the early hours of Monday, followed by a 7.5 magnitude tremor hours later
Reporter asked to fall silent while rescuers listen for survivors
The complicated and painstaking work of rescuing people was laid bare this morning when Tom Bateman, the BBC’s Middle East correspondent, was asked to stop his live broadcast so that rescuers could listen out for signs of life.
Shortly after starting his broadcast in front of a 10 storey building in Adana which came down during the initial earthquake, he, as well as everyone else in the vicinity, were asked to fall silent for a time.
Speaking afterwards, Tom said it was a moment “both of extreme anxiety but also of those tiny glimmers of hope”.
Turkish president to visit quake-hit cities later
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to visit Kahramanmaras and Hatay, the president’s office has announced. He will also go to Pazarcik, epicenter of the quake.
He’s declared a three-month state of emergency in the 10 provinces worst affected.
