This week’s earthquakes in Syria and Turkey are the deadliest in either country since 1939, according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters.
The latest estimates suggest that at least 24,000 people were killed in the disaster and the number is still rising.
Improvements in early detection, infrastructure and emergency response systems have reduced the total death toll from natural disasters over the past century, despite the growing global population.
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