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Turkey's President Erdogan has a three-month state of emergency across areas by Monday's deadly earthquakes. Two extremely powerful quakes hit Turkey just nine hours apart. The first quake a magnitude 7.5; the second 7.8 on the Richter scale. They among the biggest earthquakes ever to hit Turkey. They huge loss of life and damage in southeast Turkey and in neighbouring Syria. President Erdogan of the danger of a "large number of aftershocks". He said: "Our teams are to the disaster areas....We are rapidly the search and rescue operations...despite the difficulty of the conditions and the terrible weather."

The international community has support for Turkey and Syria. The EU has more than 1,150 rescue workers. Emergency medical teams will "essential health care for the injured and most vulnerable people by the earthquakes". Mexico has sent a team of dogs and rescuers who are experts in locating survivors in the rubble. U.S. President Joe Biden said he was "deeply saddened by the loss of life and devastation by the earthquakes". He to give "any help that is ". Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz said: "We with the victims and fear for those ." Syria will also receive a lot of help. It has already for years from war.