New burial places started to be formed with heavy construction equipment, according to reporting by the Demiören news agency. 

Over 3,000 quake victims have been so far buried at the cemetery, but new trenches are being carved into the ground as the death toll is rising every day.

Turkey’s southeastern region has been struck by two powerful earthquakes on Feb. 6, one at a magnitude of 7.7 and the other 7.6. The epicenter of the two quakes was located in Kahramanmaraş. 

Hundreds of thousands more people have been left homeless and short of food in bleak winter conditions, desperate for a multi-national relief effort to alleviate their suffering.