Turkey quake aid effort gains speed
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A cargo plane from Ukraine arrives in Turkey with vital aid for victims of Sunday's massive quake.
It's one of 30 nations Turkey's turned to for help after initially saying it could handle the disaster alone.
Shelter is among the most pressing needs for those now homeless after the 7.2 magnitude quake in Van province.
Temperatures are falling and winter snows are on the way.
SOUNDBITE: Sukran Kurt, quake survivor, saying (Turkish):
"We are miserable. We have kids and our conditions will get worse when it starts to snow. Everybody will get sick, especially the children. We don't have a proper portable toilet, we don't have anywhere clean. Our children will die from disease. We want to live in a house."
SOUNDBITE: Nusret Ergun, quake survivor, saying (Turkish):
"We're fine now. We can go on for 15 days but we can't live in these tents after 15 days. We hope our conditions will change accordingly and get better so we can get through the winter."
Rescue teams are still searching for survivors buried under the rubble.
As time goes on the chances of finding any grow increasingly slim.
The number of dead on Thursday stood at 471.
A TV campaign's underway to raise funds for the survivors.
Many are accusing the government of poor organisation and of reacting too slowly in a region most populated by minority Kurds and home to a separatist insurgency.
Paul Chapman, Reuters
It's one of 30 nations Turkey's turned to for help after initially saying it could handle the disaster alone.
Shelter is among the most pressing needs for those now homeless after the 7.2 magnitude quake in Van province.
Temperatures are falling and winter snows are on the way.
SOUNDBITE: Sukran Kurt, quake survivor, saying (Turkish):
"We are miserable. We have kids and our conditions will get worse when it starts to snow. Everybody will get sick, especially the children. We don't have a proper portable toilet, we don't have anywhere clean. Our children will die from disease. We want to live in a house."
SOUNDBITE: Nusret Ergun, quake survivor, saying (Turkish):
"We're fine now. We can go on for 15 days but we can't live in these tents after 15 days. We hope our conditions will change accordingly and get better so we can get through the winter."
Rescue teams are still searching for survivors buried under the rubble.
As time goes on the chances of finding any grow increasingly slim.
The number of dead on Thursday stood at 471.
A TV campaign's underway to raise funds for the survivors.
Many are accusing the government of poor organisation and of reacting too slowly in a region most populated by minority Kurds and home to a separatist insurgency.
Paul Chapman, Reuters
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