10 Updates: Erdogan announces 3-month emergency, Qatar sends 10,000 mobile homes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the death toll from the earthquakes rose to 3,549, bringing the total number of casualties, including those in neighbouring Syria, to more than 5,000. A dozen of aid organisations and governments from around the world have pledged support for search and rescue operations that are being terribly affected by cold and snow.

10 Significant Updates:

1) A number of historical monuments, including UNESCO World Heritage Sites, that had survived scores of wars and natural disasters for centuries are known to have suffered significant damage by the deadly tremors. Experts fear the disaster could exacerbate the loss of the region's cultural legacy.

2) Germany has called on "all international actors, including Russia" to pressure war-torn Syria into quickly allowing incredibly urgent humanitarian aid into the country and without additional obstacles. "It's important that weapons are now set aside," said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.

3) Erdogan has announced a three-month state of emergency in ten Turkish cities worst affected by Monday's earthquakes.

4) Qatar has decided to send affected areas in the two countries 10,000 mobile homes, in addition to 120 rescue workers, a field hospital, and humanitarian assistance.

5) Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu has been pulled out alive from the rubble in Turkey's Hatay province. The winger currently plays for the Turkish Super Lig club Hatayspor.

6) On Tuesday, Hatayspor's vice president, Mustafa Ozak, confirmed the club's sporting director Taner Savut was still missing.

7) With the death toll continuing to rise, UNICEF fears thousands of children may have been killed by Monday's earthquake and its aftershocks. The organisation is not currently able to accurately determine the number of children killed in both countries.

8) According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), some 23 million people, including around five million vulnerable populations, could be affected by the disaster.

9) World leaders, including Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Ukrainian and Egyptian counterparts, Volodymyr Zelensky and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, continue to offer their support and condolences to Turkey and Syria.

10) The Turkish government wants people to leave Sanliurfa. While thousands of buildings have collapsed in the country, the government fears structures still standing might also have been weakened

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