KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey—Five days after Kahramanmaras became the epicenter of back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.7 and 7.6 on the Richter scale, the scope of destruction in the southern Turkish province almost defies belief.
In central Kahramanmaras, entire neighborhoods have been flattened beyond recognition. Dazed survivors congregate near mountains of rubble that were once multi-story buildings, anxiously awaiting news of missing friends and family members.
“My daughter-in-law and grandchild were both killed in the first quake,” an elderly woman, who declined to give her name, told The Epoch Times. “Now I’m waiting for them to find my brother and nephew.”
Pointing forlornly at a towering heap of wreckage, she asked: “How could anyone survive that?”…