Hotels all around Turkey have allocated some 10,000 rooms for survivors, the Turkish Hoteliers Federation told a news media.

Turkish Airlines stated it had already planned for another 172 flights to be operated to the region and anticipated the evacuation of another 28,711 citizens in 183 flights departing flights.

As rescuers race against the clock to save survivors from the rubble, travellers have been advised to stay away. But there are plenty of ways to help from afar.

Three devastating quakes – of 7.8, 7.6 and 6.0 – hit Turkey’s southern regions on Monday causing widespread destruction in Turkey and in neighbouring Syria.

The death toll from the earthquakes in southern Turkey and Syria has risen above 4000, while around 5,400 people have suffered injuries. This has been the worst disaster to hit the country since 1939.

The rescuers are battling heavy rain and snow as they race against the clock to find survivors of a devastating earthquake in south-east Turkey. More than 4,300 people were killed and 15,000 injured in Turkey and over the border in …

A powerful earthquake has hit a wide area in south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, killing more than 200 people and trapping many others. The US Geological Survey said the 7.8 magnitude tremor struck at 04:17 local time (01:17 GMT) …

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck 40 km (25 miles) west of Vanuatu’s town of Port-Olry, United States Geological Survey said on Sunday.

More than a dozen people were killed in a powerful 5.6-magnitude earth quake that rattled Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday, a local official said. The epicentre of the earthquake was located in Cianjur, the town in West Java.

At least six people were killed after a powerful 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Wednesday. While Nepal’s National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre provided preliminary measurements of a 6.6 magnitude, the US Geological Survey gave a rating of 5.6. …