Desperate tourists are fleeing from Turkish and Greek resorts today after cutting short their holidays following a killer earthquake amid claims some travel reps have been telling people to sleep on sun loungers.
Huge crowds were seen at Kos International Airport as holidaymakers attempted to leave the Greek island with many resorting to lying on the ground with their luggage outside the terminal.
Experts say 29 tremors have hit the affected region since the natural disaster overnight, and rescue operations are underway.
Two people were killed and 500 more injured after the powerful earthquake struck off the Turkish coast, triggering a tsunami that hit resorts in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and izmit seo ajansı damaged buildings across the region.
The epicentre of the magnitude-6.7 quake was off Bodrum, southwest Turkey, with the country's Aegean coast and Greek holiday islands including Kos and Rhodes worst affected. The Foreign Office today instructed visitors to 'be aware of the possibility of aftershocks.'
Holidaymakers fled hotels in terror and some even jumped from balconies as the quake hit before running for their lives to higher ground as tsunami waves surged through beachfront resorts moments later, flooding bars and restaurants, carrying away cars and depositing boats in town streets.
On the island of Kos, where a state of emergency has been declared, two male tourists - a 20-year-old from Sweden and a 39-year-old from Turkey - were killed under a collapsed ceiling at the packed White Corner Club bar.
Another man from Sweden has lost both of his legs, police said.
It comes as millions of Britons are expected to head off on holiday today on what is described as the 'busiest getaway weekend' of the year - but many face losing out on thousands of pounds after travel firms refused to refund trips to Greece and Turkey following the deadly earthquake.
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Tourists wait outside the terminal building at the airport on the Greek Island of Kos following a 6.5 magnitude earthquake which struck the region
Holidaymakers have been forced to wait in the open under the hot sun after being told not to go back into their hotels.
This was the scene at an airport on Kos after flights were cancelled
At least two people are dead on the Greek holiday island of Kos and hundreds more are injured after a powerful earthquake struck off the Turkish coast.
Emergency services in Kos are pictured desperately searching through the rubble
The minaret from Kos's most prominent mosque - the Defterdar Mosque in Eleftherias' square - lies smashed on the square below
Dozens were injured - but many had to wait outside to receive medical treatment at Turkey's Bodrum State Hospital following the earthquake
People who were sseriously injured on the island of Kos were taken to Crete for specialist treatment.
A man is pictured being rushed in Heraklion
Emergency: A woman hurt in the earthquake in Kos lies on a stretcher as she arrives in an ambulance at a hospital in Heraklion on the island of Crete
In Bodrum, the four-star Jasmin Beach Resort was flooded by tsunami waves that spread tens of miles from the epicentre up the Aegean coast
Locals were forced to seek
The quake, which struck at 1.31am local time, was located off the coastal city of Bodrum in southwest Turkey and close to the Greek island of Kos
Carnage: Vehicles were picked up and dumped down side streets by the force of a tsunami that swept over sea walls in the Agean coastal city of Mugla, Bodrum Province, Turkey
A cafe setting is littered with rubble following the strong earthquake on Kos overnight. Two people were killed on the holiday island, popular with British tourists
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Desperate tourists are fleeing from
por Carmen Millen (2023-10-05)
Desperate tourists are fleeing from Turkish and Greek resorts today after cutting short their holidays following a killer earthquake amid claims some travel reps have been telling people to sleep on sun loungers.
Huge crowds were seen at Kos International Airport as holidaymakers attempted to leave the Greek island with many resorting to lying on the ground with their luggage outside the terminal.
Experts say 29 tremors have hit the affected region since the natural disaster overnight, and rescue operations are underway.
Two people were killed and 500 more injured after the powerful earthquake struck off the Turkish coast, triggering a tsunami that hit resorts in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and izmit seo ajansı damaged buildings across the region.
The epicentre of the magnitude-6.7 quake was off Bodrum, southwest Turkey, with the country's Aegean coast and Greek holiday islands including Kos and Rhodes worst affected. The Foreign Office today instructed visitors to 'be aware of the possibility of aftershocks.'
Holidaymakers fled hotels in terror and some even jumped from balconies as the quake hit before running for their lives to higher ground as tsunami waves surged through beachfront resorts moments later, flooding bars and restaurants, carrying away cars and depositing boats in town streets.
On the island of Kos, where a state of emergency has been declared, two male tourists - a 20-year-old from Sweden and a 39-year-old from Turkey - were killed under a collapsed ceiling at the packed White Corner Club bar.
Another man from Sweden has lost both of his legs, police said.
It comes as millions of Britons are expected to head off on holiday today on what is described as the 'busiest getaway weekend' of the year - but many face losing out on thousands of pounds after travel firms refused to refund trips to Greece and Turkey following the deadly earthquake.
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Tourists wait outside the terminal building at the airport on the Greek Island of Kos following a 6.5 magnitude earthquake which struck the region
Holidaymakers have been forced to wait in the open under the hot sun after being told not to go back into their hotels.
This was the scene at an airport on Kos after flights were cancelled
At least two people are dead on the Greek holiday island of Kos and hundreds more are injured after a powerful earthquake struck off the Turkish coast.
Emergency services in Kos are pictured desperately searching through the rubble
The minaret from Kos's most prominent mosque - the Defterdar Mosque in Eleftherias' square - lies smashed on the square below
Dozens were injured - but many had to wait outside to receive medical treatment at Turkey's Bodrum State Hospital following the earthquake
People who were sseriously injured on the island of Kos were taken to Crete for specialist treatment.
A man is pictured being rushed in Heraklion
Emergency: A woman hurt in the earthquake in Kos lies on a stretcher as she arrives in an ambulance at a hospital in Heraklion on the island of Crete
In Bodrum, the four-star Jasmin Beach Resort was flooded by tsunami waves that spread tens of miles from the epicentre up the Aegean coast
Locals were forced to seek
The quake, which struck at 1.31am local time, was located off the coastal city of Bodrum in southwest Turkey and close to the Greek island of Kos
Carnage: Vehicles were picked up and dumped down side streets by the force of a tsunami that swept over sea walls in the Agean coastal city of Mugla, Bodrum Province, Turkey
A cafe setting is littered with rubble following the strong earthquake on Kos overnight. Two people were killed on the holiday island, popular with British tourists