So most of you I'm sure have heard about the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria and what made matters worse was the 7.5 magnitude after shock that came after the initial earthquake. Now they had more than 100 after shock earthquakes following the initial earthquake but a 7.5 magnitude after shock is fairly uncommon so it's disaster on top of disaster followed by a rescue effort that's hindered by horrible weather conditions and it's just genuinely catastrophic. Now the initial death toll was just under 3000 but as of today the New York Times reports 4,300 although that is likely to rise and that estimate is actually a more conservative estimate that I've seen I've seen some numbers surpass 5,000 although right now it's very difficult to determine how many people have been affected, killed, injured and whatnot and as I film this video right now the rescue effort is going on. So the New York Times explains rescuers in Turkey and Syria worked overnight and near freezing temperatures to comb the rubble in search of survivors after a powerful earthquake and after shocks collapsed thousands of buildings, killed more than 4,300 people and raised the specter of a new humanitarian disaster in an area of the world already racked by war, a refugee crisis and deep economic troubles. The initial magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit at 4.17am local time on Monday according to the United States Geological Survey and was also felt in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel and Lebanon. Hundreds of aftershocks including an unusually strong 7.5 magnitude tremor struck Turkey in the aftermath the USGS said. The series of shocks was the deadliest to hit the country in more than 20 years. Now let's look at this map here courtesy of the New York Times. It kind of gives us a sense of how massive the initial earthquake was and the 7.5 magnitude after shock as well and as the article pointed out multiple countries felt this earthquake that's how massive it was and it's really difficult to fathom just how destructive this earthquake was. I think that hearing the numbers don't really do it justice so I do want to give you a sense of how bad it was by looking at a couple of videos. One of these videos follows a Turkish reporter and as he's filming you see an aftershock hit and how devastating that is. The sound there Max are absolutely terrifying there so the reporter here is saying as we are heading to the rubble to film search and rescue efforts there were two consecutive aftershocks with a loud noise in the building you were seeing on my left was brought down to earth. There's lots of dust the local resident here he is covered in dust. It looks like a scene from a disaster movie. I can't imagine the terror that these individuals felt as they're already scrambling because they just experience an earthquake but then you get another aftershock and then you see buildings collapse around you it's just genuinely chilling. Now one more video that I want to play for you followed with some information by CNN they kind of update you on some of the individuals that they found and it's heartbreaking but I think that this is important that we watch. More than 120 aftershocks hit after the earthquake including one almost as powerful as the initial quake itself. Buildings crumble to the ground with people fear trapped inside others nearby having to run for their lives rescuers trying to reach those who are stuck under piles of concrete and debris. Like this little boy in northern Syria you can just make him out in this video here buried under the wreckage. Thankfully he was pulled to safety. Rescuers also pulling this little girl from the debris in another Syrian city. The U.S. and other countries are offering whatever help they can and President Biden said he has directed his team to provide any and all assistance immediately. Yeah really really devastating and it's it's nice to see them finding survivors you know finding the little girl from the rubble obviously was very very nice to see the problem is you know how many disabilities will she have because of this you know she was probably injured on top of that lifelong trauma so it's not just like the initial destruction that this causes there's going to be a lifelong impact that this has loved ones that have been taken from individuals and it's just very very sad. One important thing to point out is as NPR explains here that civil engineers say that outdated building techniques used in both Syria and Turkey essentially a short disaster with multi-story buildings just pan-caking which is the way that they referred to it and so this is something that every single country has to take into account right because earthquakes can happen anywhere it happened to Turkey it could happen where I live it can happen where you live so building buildings have to be built in a way so that way they can absorb these types of earthquakes and not every single building is going to hold up with an earthquake that big especially but these are things that you have to take into consideration make sure that there's regulations so companies aren't cutting corners and whatnot but that going forward is something that I'm sure that they're thinking about in the future currently they're just focused on the rescue effort because this is a massive massive effort as you can imagine now Twitter user Jal rain tweeted at massive streamers like Hassan and Mr. Beast asking for help since thousands of people are going to need tents, heaters blankets, diapers and food of course now Hassan actually responded to that saying absolutely devastating I was an Istanbul in 1999 which was a 7.6 magnitude earthquake this was a 7.8 I will do everything I can to help and that he absolutely did by raising more than 700 a thousand dollars in a single day and for the second day in a row he's raising money once again and at the time that I film this he is at 730,000 I think that by the end of the day it's not implausible to think that his audience will surpass given up donations so that way they surpass one million which is really encouraging to see and of course Hassan Piker is an individual who is Turkish so it's nice to see everyone come together put aside politics put aside geopolitical issues and conflicts and just acknowledge that this is a very human thing like experiencing this level of destruction it's something that none of us ever want to deal with but we all could possibly experience in our lifetimes so to have the world come together various communities come together streamers come together and try to raise funds for this effort is really encouraging to see and it's kind of like the silver lining where this type of disaster fosters at least a small level of solidarity amongst fellow humans but either way it's just catastrophic and my heart goes out to the people of Turkey and Syria and all of those who are affected as the and the New York Times article pointed out people in Syria have already been dealing with a lot for a long time it's a war torn country so to have this added on top of everything that they were already experiencing I just it's a level of destruction that is almost incomprehensible like literally I don't think that our brains can actually process that level that scale of a disaster right so um yeah I will link you to Hassan's donation link down below and I hope that there's more money raised for this because they're going to need all the help that they can get the priority number one right now of course is making sure that they save as many lives as possible so my heart goes out to anyone who's affected and I I just hope that the weather eases up so that way they're more successful at finding survivors