Death toll in Turkey's earthquake rises to 481

Rain and snow are compounding difficulties for thousands rendered homeless in the powerful earthquake that hit eastern Turkey.

Authorities are delivering more tents Thursday after acknowledging initial problems in the distribution of aid for survivors of the 7.2-magnitude quake that killed 481 people and shattered some 2,000 buildings, the Washington Post reports.
About 1,650 people were injured in Sunday magnitude-7.2 tremor in eastern Turkey, the Anadolu news agency reported Thursday, the TNA reports.

Foreign assistance also began arriving after Turkey said it would accept help to house survivors through the winter. Israel sent emergency housing units, blankets and clothing.

Rescue teams continued to search rubble for survivors, a day after they pulled two teachers and an 18-year-old student alive from a collapsed building in Ercis, one of the worst-hit cities.