KAYNASLI, Turkey (AP) -- After days of torrential rains, the sun came out Friday and helped ease the misery of tens of thousands of people made homeless by Turkey's latest devastating quake.
At least 619 people died in the Nov. 12 quake in northwestern Turkey, an area ravaged by an even more powerful quake in August that killed at least 17,000 people.Authorities said Friday the active search for survivors was over, the Anatolia news agency said. The last survivor, a 42-year-old woman, was rescued Wednesday.
Since last week's quake, the homeless in Kaynasli, a wheat-growing town of 7,000, and in other small towns have been spending chilly nights in tents or under drafty shelters of plastic and timber.