Death toll from Turkey and Syria earthquake tops 47,000

A man rides a motorcycle past debris from destroyed buildings in Samandag, southern Turkey (Emrah Gurel/AP)

The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit parts of Turkey and Syria on February 6 continues to rise as more bodies are retrieved from the rubble of demolished buildings.

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck the already battered province of Hatay this week damaged or demolished more buildings, compounding the devastation.