More than 2,300 dead in Turkey and Syria after two powerful earthquakes

With thousands injured the death toll is expected to rise as rescue workers search through rubble in cities and towns across the area

This aerial view shows residents searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnia near the twon of Harim, in Syria. Picture: OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images

More than 2,300  people have died after a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria, hours before a second quake hit more than 60 miles away.

Hundreds of people are still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the death toll is expected to rise as rescue workers searched the wreckage in cities and towns across the region.