The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, urged the global energy sector to help the quake-hit region in Türkiye by donating portable solar power generators, electric heaters, container homes and Artcic tents.
On his Twitter account, he said the devastating situation in the earthquake zone calls for more international solidarity.
'I urge the global energy sector to do whatever it can to help,' he wrote.
Based on his discussions with authorities and crisis response organizations, Birol shared a list of items that are urgently needed.
Transformers of various sizes, portable solar power generators, LPG for rural communities, electric heaters, and shelters such as container homes and Arctic tents are all desperately needed in the region, he said.
The country’s disaster agency, AFAD, reported that at least 31,643 people have been killed to date by the two massive earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Feb. 6.
The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, centered in the Kahramanmaras province, affected more than 13 million people across 10 provinces, including Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya in London
Anadolu Agency
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