The UN estimates on Tuesday that more than $100 billion will be needed to rebuild areas of Turkey hit by several earthquakes in February.
This estimate is based on a joint assessment by the United Nations, the World Bank, the European Union and the government of Turkey, said United Nations Development Program representative for Turkey, Louisa Vinton.
The amount does not include funding for the reconstruction of cities in northern Syria, which were also devastated by the natural disaster and where the delivery of humanitarian aid is more difficult for security and logistical reasons.
A month after the earthquake, which killed about 46,000 people in Turkey alone, “it is already clear that repairing the material damage will cost more than $100 billion,” he said.
On February 6, two earthquakes measuring 7.7 and 7.6 on the Richter scale hit Turkey and northern Syria, followed by several aftershocks, destroying thousands of homes in places where millions of people lived.
The UN estimates that at least 6,000 people in Syria have been killed by the earthquakes and more than 8 million people are in urgent need of assistance, including 4.1 million people in opposition-controlled areas in the north of the country and 4 million people in controlled areas. for the government.
Since the tragedy, 2.7 million people have been forced from their homes because they were destroyed or badly damaged.
Source: DN
