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Türkiye

Situation Report 14: Duzce Earthquake, Turkey

GENERAL SITUATION
The number of fatalities reached 792 and injuries 4,948, the Prime Ministry Crisis Management Centre disclosed on 1 December. PMCMC put the number of buildings which should be demolished urgently at 1,608, that of collapsed or heavily damaged housing units at 6,540 and business premises of the same category at 1,310.

NATIONAL RESPONSE

By 1 December, 622 prefabricated houses, 2 prefabricated cafeterias and one school with 8 classrooms were finished and of the houses built earlier, 352 were made available to the homeless.