Turkish Disaster Management: The number of victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey rose to 18,342 and 74,242 injured

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - The Turkish Disaster Management Department announced today, Friday morning, that the number of victims of the devastating earthquake that struck the country on Monday rose to <strong>18,342</strong> dead and <strong>74,242</strong> injured, according to &quot;Russia Today&quot;.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> This came in a new statistic this morning, after a previous statistic announced by Fuad Oktay, the Turkish Vice President, on Thursday evening, spoke of <strong>17,674</strong> dead.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Oktay said during a press conference from the headquarters of the Turkish Emergency and Disaster Agency &quot;AFAD&quot; in the capital, Ankara, today, Friday, that the search and rescue work has been completed in the states of Kilis and Sanliurfa, while it has been completed to a large extent in the states of Diyarbakir, Adana and Osmaniye.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He pointed out that there are <strong>29,622</strong> search and rescue personnel, including <strong>6,479</strong> who came from <strong>75</strong> countries, and are continuing to work at the present time.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Oktay added that the total number of people working in the affected areas reached <strong>120,344</strong> .</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He pointed out that the teams rescued <strong>121</strong> people in the last 24 hours from under the rubble.</p>