Roundup: Türkiye-Syria quakes "worst" disaster of region in century, says UN as more aid needed

ANKARA, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The devastating earthquakes that shook southern Türkiye and northern Syria was the "worst event" to hit the region in a century, a senior official from the United Nations said on Saturday.

"What happened here on Monday, the epicenter of the earthquake, was the worst event in 100 years in this region," Martin Griffiths, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, told reporters in the Turkish province of Kahramanmaras.