Turkey-Earthquake: Emergency Situation Report (02.08.2023) – Türkiye
Situation Overview
On 6 February 2023, two earthquakes with magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 heavily affected the Southeastern provinces of Adıyaman, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Osmaniye, Gaziantep, Malatya, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Elazığ and Adana in Southern and Southeastern Turkiye, where almost 14 million people reside including around 2 million Syrian refugees .
According to the latest statement from the Ministry of Interior, the number of people who lost their lives is 50,783. Of this figure, 7,302 were refugees. Up to 107,000 were injured.
A total of 9.1 million people are affected by the earthquake disaster, 3 million people are displaced, and 298,000 buildings are completely destroyed.
STL published its latest emergency situation report on 12 July 2023. Below are the developments in the region.
Six months into the earthquake, STL continues its emergency response. STL is focusing its efforts in Hatay, Adıyaman, Kahramanmaraş and Malatya, the provinces most severely affected by the earthquake. In addition to the 4 most heavily disaster-affected provinces, STL carries out emergency response activities in the 8 provinces of Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa, Batman, Mardin, Adana, Mersin, Izmir and Istanbul.
STL continues to host the Local Humanitarian Forum (LHF), which comprises local and national NGOs active in the earthquake response.
STL carries out its activities in the sectors of shelter & non-food items (NFI), food security and livelihoods (FSL), water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), temporary settlement support (TSS), emergency education, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), and emergency protection.
STL provides micro-grants for survivor and community-led response initiatives in Hatay,
Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman and Malatya to help affected communities address their response and recovery needs.
As of 2 August, STL has reached a total of 507,596 affected people with humanitarian assistance in 11 provinces since 6 February.
According to June data, 2.4 million people in the earthquake zone are living in temporary shelters. It is estimated that around 1.6 million people, half of them women and girls, are living in informal settlements and around 800,000 in formal settlements.
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