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Turkish quake victims struggle with cold.
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Morning dawns in the makeshift camp in Turkey's quake-stricken town of Ercis.
Thousands of people were left homeless by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck last Sunday.
Left to linger in tent cities, residents here say dropping winter temperatures are making life untenable.
(SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) ERCIS RESIDENT, VEYSI CAN, SAYING:
"We are dying of the cold. It's unbelievably cold. The ovens are not enough (to keep warm). If you turn them up to high we can be poisoned. It is also very damp. A solution needs to be found. It can't continue in the tents."
Some haven't been given tents at all and are being forced to sleep outside next to fires.
Cleanup operations are beginning around the city, where hundreds of buildings have collapsed or are severely damaged.
Over 530 people were killed by the earthquake.
Jessica Gray, Reuters
Thousands of people were left homeless by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck last Sunday.
Left to linger in tent cities, residents here say dropping winter temperatures are making life untenable.
(SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) ERCIS RESIDENT, VEYSI CAN, SAYING:
"We are dying of the cold. It's unbelievably cold. The ovens are not enough (to keep warm). If you turn them up to high we can be poisoned. It is also very damp. A solution needs to be found. It can't continue in the tents."
Some haven't been given tents at all and are being forced to sleep outside next to fires.
Cleanup operations are beginning around the city, where hundreds of buildings have collapsed or are severely damaged.
Over 530 people were killed by the earthquake.
Jessica Gray, Reuters
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