Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, Shilpa Shetty categorical grief over Turkey and Syria earthquakes: ‘That is heartbreaking’

Bollywood celebrities have expressed grief after an earthquake of seven.8 magnitude rocked Turkey and Syria killing hundreds of individuals. Taking to Instagram, actors Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, Shilpa Shetty, Soni Razdan, and RajKummar Rao amongst others shared notes praying for these affected by the earthquake. (Additionally Learn | Veteran Telugu filmmaker Ok Viswanath dies; Chiranjeevi, Kamal Haasan, Radikaa pay tributes)

Priyanka Chopra late on Monday night time re-shared a submit by Time on her Instagram Tales. She wrote together with it, “Devastating. (broken heart emoji).” Alia Bhatt re-shared a submit by Center East Issues. She captioned it, “This is heartbreaking (broken heart emoji).” RajKummar stated on his Instagram Tales, “Turkey, Syria. You are in our prayers. (folded hands and broken heart emojis).”

Alia’s mother-actor Soni Razdan additionally re-shared a submit and wrote, “Just heartbroken (broken heart emoji). Prayers for Turkey (Turkey national flag and folded hands emojis).” She shared one other submit a few fourth earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hitting Turkey on Tuesday. Sharing a hyperlink to make donations, Soni wrote, “Please donate! It’s easy…I just did.”

Shilpa Shetty wrote on her Instagram Tales, “Sending prayers to all the people whose lives have been affected by the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria (folded hands emoji). May the souls of all the departed rest in peace (candle emoji).” She additionally added a flower bouquet emoji to her submit.

Turkey and Syria have been hit by three consecutive devastating earthquakes of magnitude 7.8, 7.6, and 6.0 on Monday. The preliminary quake of seven.8-magnitude was adopted by dozens of highly effective aftershocks, together with one recorded at 7.5 magnitudes in the identical fault zone of south-central Turkey on Monday afternoon. A lot of the injury is in southern Turkey and northern and central Syria.

The loss of life toll in Turkey and in neighbouring Syria following highly effective earthquakes on Monday rose to over 4,000, the Washington Put up reported. It’s the strongest earthquake to hit Turkey in additional than a decade. Hundreds of emergency responders have been trying to find folks amid the rubble of collapsed buildings, and medical groups have been tending to the injured.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck japanese Turkey on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) stated.

with ANI inputs