at Least 23 people have been killed in connection with an avalanche in eastern Turkey.
Among the killed are both military police officers and civilians who worked to find survivors after an avalanche that took place on Tuesday evening.
It informs Mehmet Emin Bilmez, who is governor of the eastern province of Van, according to Reuters.
the Governor, adding that about 30 people are rescued out of snemasserne alive.
According to the Turkish interior minister, Suleyman Soylu, there are still an unknown number of people buried in the snow after Wednesday's avalanche.
It is considered, thus, according to the BBC, that the death toll could rise.
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Tv pictures from the area around the city of Bahcesehir, shows how many rescue workers trying to dig the vehicle free of the large amounts of snow.
According to the Turkish minister of the interior, make the fog and the massive rainfall the work in the area.
According to Meki Arvas, who is the mayor in Van, was around 300 rescue workers summoned because of the first avalanche, which hit the area on Tuesday evening.
Tuesday's avalanche claimed the lives of five people killed while eight others were recovered alive.
It was a person who escaped unharmed from Tuesday's avalanche, which had alarmed the authorities and summoned assistance, writes the BBC.
Wednesday's big an avalanche happened as rescue workers searched for two people who had disappeared in connection with the first avalanche.
Turkey's defence ministry has on Wednesday sent a team of 75 rescue workers to the area to help in rescue and bjærgningsarbejdet.
