Powerful quake rocks Turkiye and Syria, kills more than 1,300; hundreds still trapped in rubble (update)

Rescuers search for survivors under the rubble, following an earthquake, in Al Atarib, Syria on Monday, February 6, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media. - White Helmets via Reuters

AZMARIN, Syria / ANKARA, Turkiye (AP): A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,300 people.

Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage in cities and towns across the area.