Syrian Refugees Flee From War And Into Risky Earthquake Areas Live San francisco — syrian refugees fleeing civil war have flooded into areas of turkey that are riven with dangerous earthquake faults, new research shows. as a result, traditional seismic hazard. The huge earthquake that struck south eastern turkey and northern syria on february 6 was a tragedy for all those affected. but for turkey’s nearly 4mn syrian refugees, who fled civil war in.
Syrian Refugees Flee From War And Into Risky Earthquake Areas Live The civil war displaced more than half of syria’s 21 million people, and nearly four million of them ended up as refugees in turkey. many lived in the swath of territory most heavily affected by. Little did madiha—who is now 11 years old—and her family know they would experience another monumental trauma a decade later. this time, it was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked large swaths of southern turkey on early february 6, 2023. the roof they built with their own hands collapsed over their heads, killing several of madiha’s. After over a decade of conflict, syria remains the world’s largest refugee crisis. since 2011, more than 14 million syrians have been forced to flee their homes in search of safety. more than 7.2 million syrians remain internally displaced in their own country where 70 percent of the population is need of humanitarian assistance and 90. Approximately 2 million syrian refugee children are out of school, and an additional 1.6 million are at risk of dropping out. a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on february 6, 2023, and its aftershocks devastated northwest syria and southeast turkey, resulting in tens of thousands of casualties and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
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