The aid package is intended to prevent people from dying of cold exposure, starvation and illness.
The top humanitarian aid agency in the US government has pledged $85m in urgent life-saving relief for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria.
The US Agency for International Development funding will go towards shelter, cold weather supplies, food, water and healthcare. The moves comes as countries around the world send search crews and aid to the region, where over 20,000 have died.In a statement on Thursday, USAID said it is also providing "hygiene and sanitation assistance to keep people safe and healthy".
The agency's director, Samantha Power, has already deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team , which is currently operating out of the Turkish cities of Adiyaman, Adana and Ankara. The team consists of around 200 people, including disaster recovery experts, 159 search and rescue personnel and 12 dogs. The group has brought around 170,000lbs in equipment, including machines capable of moving rubble.
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