People offer to adopt baby girl Aya pulled from earthquake rubble
When she was rescued, baby Aya was still connected to her mother by her umbilical cord, and none of her immediate family survived.
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When she was rescued, baby Aya was still connected to her mother by her umbilical cord, and none of her immediate family survived.
The death toll in the Turkey-Syria border region keeps rising and frigid temperatures aren't helping survivors clinging to life under rubble or coping out in the open.
More than three days after the devastating quakes hit Turkey and Syria, experts say a "critical" survival window is closing fast amid harsh winter conditions.
The U.S. government's international aid agency has promised $85 million in help for the quake victims, but the "window is closing to find survivors."
Rescuers desperately searching for survivors under rubble faced the grim challenges of stretched resources and winter conditions.
WCCO spoke with Questscope's Roy Moussalli, who is based in Damascus and who says they're trying to help people impacted by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria as well and as soon as they can.
WCCO spoke with Questscope's Roy Moussalli, who is based in Damascus and who says they're trying to help people impacted by the earthquake as well and as soon as they can.
"We cleared the dust and found the baby with the umbilical cord (intact), so we cut it and my cousin took her to hospital," rescuer says.
Foreign nations and aid agencies are racing to mobilize resources to help survivors of the devastating quakes in two countries. Here's how you can help.
Syria, which has endured 12 years of brutal civil war, is facing particular difficulty after Monday's devastating earthquake.
The death toll from Monday's devastating earthquakes and more than 300 aftershocks in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria topped 5,000 Tuesday, authorities said.
Frantic search efforts were still underway in both countries, with an untold number of people still trapped in rubble.
The Gaziantep Castle, an archaeological site, dates back to the Roman empire.
Television reporter Yuksel Akalan was reporting on the devastating earthquake when the ground started shaking beneath his feet.
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Turkey Monday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, mere hours after a temblor killed more than 1,300 people in the Turkish and Syrian parts of the region.
Following the earthquake, more than 70,000 customers were without power in the surrounding area, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported that "tsunami waves have been observed."
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake followed by three aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 3.5 to 2.8 rumbled through the South Bay Tuesday, rattling windows, shelves and nerves all across the Bay Area.
A powerful magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck a remote part of the Amazon jungle in Peru early Sunday, collapsing buildings and knocking out power to some areas but causing only one reported death. The quake struck at 2:41 a.m. and was centered in a vast nature preserve 57 miles east of the small town of Yurimaguas.
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake has rocked buildings in Anchorage, prompting people to run out of offices and seek shelter under office desks. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake was centered about 7 miles north of Alaska's largest city.
Hundreds of people are still stranded in the mountains of Nepal. Dramatic video shows people desperate to leave following Tuesday's massive earthquake. People in St. Paul are trying to help the victims of that earthquake.
south Minneapolis restaurant owned by Nepal natives says it'll donate all the money it earns from three days next week to relief efforts in earthquake-ravaged Nepal.
To help those affected by the tragedy in Nepal, visit UNICEF online.
The rescue effort in Nepal ramped up even more Monday after much needed supplies reached the earthquake-ravaged area.
Crews continue to search for survivors following this weekend's deadly earthquake in south Asia. One man who was in Nepal during the earthquake was David Rhein from Minnetonka.
