Khairi Khairudin, a director of the National Disaster Management Agency, said the team was instead in high spirits and even more motivated after successfully rescuing a family of five who were trapped in the ruins of a building last Saturday.

“Even when faced with such cold weather of up to -10°C during the night, the team is still in high spirits.

“We will send even more necessities for their use against the cold weather,” he told Bernama and RTM after visiting the team’s operation centre at Nurdagi stadium here today.

He was also taken to observe the team’s operation camp and received a briefing about the search and rescue operations.

Khairi also presented necessities, including additional cold weather clothing, thick blankets and food items for the team.

Tens of thousands of lives were lost when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northwest Syria last Monday, with aftershocks felt as far as Cyprus and Lebanon.

A three-month emergency period was declared for 10 provinces to allow rescue efforts to proceed smoothly.