The magnitude of the utter destruction caused by a series of earthquakes is truly mind-boggling. From a 7.8 and 7.6 Richter scale earthquakes, followed by over 100 aftershocks, the scene is truly overwhelming. There are so far over 13,000 victims in Turkey and over 3,000 in Syria, and most of them were probably were caught unprepared as they were all asleep at 4:17 AM. Those numbers are constantly rising. The quakes were Turkey’s worst seismic event in decades, rocking an area around the city of Gaziantep that is home to millions of Turkish citizens, displaced Syrians and refugees. In Syria, the earthquake shook a region of the country that houses millions of people displaced by the country’s civil war, including many living in makeshift camps. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported that 6,444 buildings had collapsed. Let us pray for the victims, the injured, their families, those risking their lives in the search-and-rescue attempts, and those helping in hospitals and everywhere where the need is. Give them Lord the courage and perseverance to accept all the help that is coming from all over the world, and may this horrific tragedy inspire those still at war to stop any hostilities and work for peace, unity and collaboration.
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