Royal Oak Tribune

Death toll rises in powerful Aegean quake

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The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea rose to 28 Saturday as rescue workers in the Turkish city of Izmir raced to save more dozens of people thought to be trapped under the rubble of at least eight collapsed buildings, Turkish officials said.

The earthquake, which struck Friday afternoon just north of the Greek island of Samos, caused deaths in both Turkey and Greece, flooded coastal areas and flattened residentia­l buildings. Twentysix people were killed in Turkey andmore than 800 people were injured, Turkey’s health minister and the country’s disaster management agency said Saturday. Two teenagers were killed on Samos.

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