Turkey earthquake: Bay Area groups mobilize to deliver aid, supplies to devastated region

by Thomas Hughes, Bay City News February 9, 2023February 8, 2023

Urban Search and Rescue members from Fairfax County, Virginia, share space with supplies aboard a C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Feb. 7, 2023. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is mobilizing emergency humanitarian assistance in response to the worst earthquake to hit Turkey in almost a century. (Senior Airman Faith Barron/U.S. Air Force via Bay City News)

Monday’s devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkey has Bay Area residents with ties to the region scrambling to connect with relatives and friends in the country, collect needed supplies, and advocate for local governments to support the rescue and recovery effort over 6,800 miles away.

They are also using each other as communication hubs to try to get reliable information as the crisis worsens, with the death toll in Turkey and northern Syria rising to more than 12,000 on Wednesday.

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