The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Turkey earlier this month massive destruction across Turkey and northern and central Syria, and beyond. More than 47,000 people were killed, with tens of thousands injured and millions displaced.
It is the strongest earthquake to hit Turkey in more than 80 years. The week after the disaster was a race against time in severe winter temperatures, as thousands of emergency responders dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings to find survivors, while medical teams tend to the injured.
