Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 28 /Trend T.Konyayeva/
The death toll as a result of the devastating earthquake, which hit the Turkish southeast Van Province on Oct. 23, has reached 570 people, while 2.555 people are injured, Department of Emergency Situations said, the Sabah newspaper reported.
Previously, 550 people were reported to die as a result of tremors, which forced 7.2 on the Richter scale.
Local seismologists predict that the death toll can climb to 1.000 people.
Rescue operations are carried out in the earthquake-ravaged areas. Local authorities are handing out humanitarian aid coming from almost all Turkey's regions and from abroad. They mostly need warm clothing, tents, food and drinking water.
On Friday, rescue workers pulled a 13-year-old boy alive from the rubble.