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Canada to send "initial" $10M in earthquake aid for Turkey, Syria

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Canada is sending $10 million in aid to help with the response to the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria, according to ministers in the Trudeau government.

At least 5,000 people have died and thousands more injured after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake — and a subsequent earthquake of nearly equal strength — reduced homes and other buildings in the region to rubble.

Canada is currently conducting a “needs assessment” to determine what the next steps should be, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan said as he left a cabinet meeting in Ottawa on Tuesday, and the $10-million figure represents an “initial” response.

“We’re also looking at various other options — medical teams, heavy urban search and rescue — and I know that also Minister Anand is looking at options for the (Disaster Assistance Response Team) DART as well,” Sajjan said.

Right now, however, no Canadian teams have been sent — but “nothing” is off the table, the minister said.

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/9467203/turkey-earthquake-syria-canada-response/

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