Prevention is a ‘no-brainer’: top UN disaster risk reduction official on Türkiye-Syria quakes

Published on February 24, 2023

This month’s earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria have been called a “once-in-a-generation” disaster – one so devastating that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said it wasn’t possible to be prepared for them. Is that really true?

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