Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake

By SARAH EL DEEB and SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press

KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish disaster management agency has updated the death toll from the powerful earthquake in Turkey to 38,044, raising the overall number of fatalities in both Turkey and Syria to 41,732.  The death toll is certain to increase further as search teams retrieve more bodies amid the devastation. Meanwhile, rescuers overnight pulled out a child, a woman and two men alive from wreckage. The latest rescues came as crews began clearing up debris in cities devastated by the earthquake. A total of 143 U.N. aid trucks carrying aid from Turkey crossed into northern Syria. The powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has become Turkey’s deadliest disaster in modern history.