Silent phones, freezing rain and anguish after Turkiye quake

Rescue workers and volunteers search for survivors in the rubble of a collasped building, in Sanliurfa on Feb 6 after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east.Photo: AFP

A stream of cars crawled north out of the shattered city of Sanliurfa, taking traumatised residents a little further from the scene of Turkey's most powerful earthquake in decades.

On the opposite side of the road, a distraught family walked in the freezing rain, their belongings piled into a stroller, looking for shelter to spend the night.