Quake Latest: Death Toll Nears 30,000; Looters Detained
Rescuers carry a person on a stretcher after removing from under the rubble of a collapsed building in Hatay province, southern Turkey on Feb. 10.
Photographer: Yasin Akgul/AFP/Getty Images
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The death toll from two massive earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria climbed above 29,000, as rescuers continued to dig through rubble for survivors and victims.
Turkey arrested 48 people on Saturday for looting, state media reported, while two massive military ships were deployed to the country’s south to serve as floating hospitals to treat the injured.