A drone shot of excavators at perform amongst the rubble of collapsed buildings following the earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, 14 February 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/TOLGA BOZOGLU

Turkey’s Ministry of Finance and Treasury has published the initially official harm report on the twin earthquakes of February six and place the bill at about two trillion Turkish lira, or some $130.six billion.

“The expense of the disaster of the century to our nation is roughly two trillion Turkish lira (103.six billion dollars), which corresponds to roughly 9 per cent of our national revenue expectation for 2023 and shows that we have material harm and losses roughly six occasions far more than the 1999 Marmara Earthquake,” the ministry said on Twitter.

The total material harm of the earthquakes registering 7.9 and 7.7 magnitudes on the Richter scale is equal to far more than a single eighth of the country’s GDP in 2021, registered as $819 billion.

According to the report, 1,six trillion Turkish liras of harm came from destroyed buildings, firms, factories, housing and machinery loses.

The rest of the harm is brought on by insurance coverage payments as nicely as stopping manufacturing in the earthquake location, which incorporates some of the key industrial hubs of the nation, which includes Adana, Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras.

The report highlighted the grim predicament of the housing dilemma immediately after the devastating quakes.

“The quantity of residences in 11 provinces impacted by the earthquake is five.six million, and its share in the total housing stock in Turkey is 14.05 per cent,” the report mentioned.

So far, it is estimated that practically 48,500 persons had been killed and millions had been left without having residences in Turkey’s 11 southern and south-eastern provinces when they had been devastated by the earthquakes of February six.

In the earthquake zone, which was property to practically 15 million persons, far more than two million persons have migrated to western towns and cities, and millions of other individuals continue to reside outdooors in tent camps and prefabricated homes.

A lot of towns and cities nonetheless have issues with clean water, electrical energy, meals and heating.

According to authorities, the financial effects of the earthquakes will continue to influence the area for years and even decades.