Tragedy strikes rescue team in Van, Turkey, as avalanches leave 12 dead

A rescue team searching for people trapped in an avalanche in the town of Bahçesaray, near Van, eastern Turkey, were themselves hit by another avalanche killing eight rescuers. Local people had joined a rescue team from AFAD (Turkey’s Emergency and Disaster Management body) on a stretch of highway near Bahçesaray in a desperate search for […]