Woman pulled alive 75 hours after quake in southern Türkiye

ADANA, TÜRKİYE - FEBRUARY 9: The search and rescue teams pulled a woman alive out of the rubble 75 hours after the earthquake in Türkiye’s Adana city on early Thursday (Feb. 9).The teams heard a groan in the debris of the 12-storey Zeray building in Cukurova district of the city.They rescued the 48 years old woman and transferred her to a hospital.The number of people who died in powerful earthquakes in southern Türkiye has surpassed 12,000, a government agency said early Thursday.Türkiye’s disaster management agency, AFAD, said 12,391 people were killed and 62,914 others were injured in Monday’s quakes centered in Kahramanmaras province.Other provinces in southern and eastern Türkiye that were affected by the quakes are Gaziantep, Hatay, Osmaniye, Adiyaman, Malatya, Sanliurfa, Adana, Diyarbakir and Kilis.More than 6,000 buildings collapsed due to the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude quakes that occurred in the space of less than 10 hours.Türkiye has taken action with all its institutions and resources since the deadly earthquakes in its southern provinces, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.