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Earthquake impact on Turkish economy larger than expected – UN
[NPASyria] According to Rooters, the UN Development Programme announced today on Tuesday that the damage to the economy caused by the February 6 earthquakes would likely exceed $100 billion.Previous calculations by the World Bank put the damage at around $34.2 billion. Either figures would likely have a major impact on the More than 52.000 people were killed and millions were left homeless by the February 6 earthquake in  ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... The economic fallout will impact this population particularly hard. Previously, the World Bank estimated that the damage in Syria lay at around $5.1 billion. However, ars longa, vita brevis... much of Syria’s northwest already lay in shatters before earthquake, having gone through 12 years of war. Posted by: trailing wife 2023-03-08 |
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