00:00Powerful earthquakes ripped through Turkey and Syria, leaving more than 1,500 people dead and thousands injured.
00:08The New York Times reports two powerful earthquakes and a dozen aftershocks brought thousands of buildings to the ground
00:14and led to a new humanitarian crisis in a region already ravaged by war, a refugee crisis, and deep economic
00:22troubles.
00:23Video shows people running away as buildings collapsed during the second earthquake.
00:28According to the United States Geological Survey, at around 4.17 a.m. local time, a 7.8 earthquake hit
00:36the region.
00:37And about nine hours later, a second 7.5 earthquake struck.
00:42The Wall Street Journal says the quakes were Turkey's worst seismic event in decades,
00:47rocking an area around the city of Gaziantep that is home to millions of Turkish citizens, displaced Syrians and refugees.
00:58Looking at the stadiums, a great and
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