New Delhi: A massive earthquake in Turkiye, which has claimed over 4000 lives in the region and left thousands injured, has left trails of destruction behind. As multiple videos have emerged highlighting the horror of the earthquake, another visual making round on social media where the Hatay Airport runway was split into two.
A video shared on the internet shows that the only runway in Hatay province was completely shattered and destroyed due to the earthquake.
Earlier on Monday, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centred in the Pazarcik district jolted Kahramanmaras and hit several provinces, including Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay, and Kilis, as per the Anadolu Agency report.
Later in the day, an earthquake of 7.6 magnitude centred in Kahramanmaras's Elbistan district jolted the region. The earthquake was also felt in several neighbouring countries, including Lebanon and Syria.
The death toll in Turkiye and Syria has reached more than 4,000 after earthquakes jolted the two nations on Monday.
The total number of injured in Syria and Turkiye has reached 15,914 following earthquakes, as reported by the news agency ANI.
Rescue operations were hampered by a winter blizzard that covered major roads with snow, AFP reported. Officials said the quake made three major airports in the area inoperable, further complicating deliveries of vital aid.
Offers of help from search-and-rescue teams to medical supplies and financial aid poured in from dozens of countries, including India as well as the European Union and NATO.
India dispatched search and rescue teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). Two teams of the NDRF, comprising 100 personnel, with specially trained dog squads were being flown to the middle eastern country.
Turkiye is situated in one of the world's most active earthquake zones, with land stretching over the Anatolian fault line in the north of the country that has caused destructive tremors in the past.