Rescuers search for survivors as Aegean earthquake death toll rises to 26

Rescue teams are searching through the debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and the north of the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 26 people.

More than 800 others were injured in the quake which struck on Friday afternoon, toppling buildings in Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city, and triggering a small tsunami in the district of Seferihisar and on Samos.

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