Officials reported over 36,000 deaths and tens of thousands wounded in a magnitude 7.8 Turkey-Syria earthquake last Monday.

At least 36,217 people have died in Turkey and Syria as a direct result of the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake, with 31,643 of those deaths being verified in Turkey alone, CNN reported.

More than 3,160 people have died in areas controlled by the opposition, while 1,414 have died in areas controlled by the Syrian government.

 At least 41 persons in Turkey were pulled from the wreckage since the Turkey earthquake hit.

Authorities have cautioned that the likelihood of finding survivors in the Turkey-Syria earthquake debris is diminishing as rescuers continue their search.

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More Heavy Machinery, Body Bags Needed

Dozens of foreign rescue teams have joined Turkey's local aid personnel.

Asar Taratas, a 39-year-old Swiss volunteer in Antakya, said his organization was overwhelmed by the number of fallen structures from the Turkey-Syria earthquake. He said that a large amount of concrete can only be moved with the help of bulldozers and diggers, per CNBC.

Taratas went on to say that if those trapped were given water and food, they could survive for two weeks until rescuers could dig them out.

On February 6, several earthquakes with magnitudes between 7.8 and 7.5 struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria. The catastrophe is the worst natural disaster to strike the area in almost a century, authorities said.

According to the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), there was a shortage of body bags in the days immediately after the Trueky earthquake.

Meanwhile, the United States Air Force had shipped more than 5,700 tons of emergency supplies, equipment, and relief goods,the US Agency for International Development reported on Sunday.

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