More than 15,000 people have died in Syria and Turkey.
Three days after the first earthquake, the Turkish disaster management authority reported 12,873 deaths in the country.
In Syria, 2,992 people have lost their lives: 1,262 in government-controlled regions of the country and 1,730 in the rebel-held north.
In total, 15,865 have been confirmed dead, but the World Health Organisation expects this could rise to approximately 20,000.
Across both nations, at least 45,000 people were injured by the quake.
Hundreds of thousands of people have still not been able to create contact with family and friends that live in the region 3 days on from the quakes
As search and rescue teams continue to work around the clock, moments of hope are shared across social media with videos of rescuers pulling people from the rubble alive.
Appearing on Sky News, Tamer Hassan revealed he had been unable to contact family after the earthquake and is fearing the worst yesterday.
The Football Factory star, 54, choked back tears as he explained: ‘We have family missing. Due to the cold weather, we’re not hopeful… we’re quite worried.’
Tamer, who is the father of Love Island star Belle Hasaan, was speaking from North Cyprus, where he has been raising money and gathering supplies to take to Turkey.
He said: ‘I have no words. We’re all devastated. We have family that are lost. I’ll be heading to Turkey, we’re trying to find a route in to the worst affected areas.
‘There are some areas there that have been completely flattened with no help. We’re holding our hands out for people to help as much as they can…’
‘It’s devastating for all of us. We’re all broken and trying to do the best that we can. We need the government to send the army in and stand up for their people
‘This humanitarian disaster is like nothing we’ve ever seen and I hope we never see it again in our lifetime. My heart goes out to everyone else who’s lost someone.’
Tamar’s impassioned plea for help comes after Love Island star Ekin-Su Culculoglu revealed her family have also been caught in the earthquake.
The Love Island winner, 28, who is of Turkish origin and lived in Istanbul for two years, said some of her extended family have been caught up in Monday’s disaster.
She appeared on Sky News on Tuesday to discuss the earthquake and explained that members of her extended family have been forced to sleep outside following the disaster.
During her televised appearance from her Essex home, Ekin-Su admitted it has been a ‘scary’ time for her as she threw her support behind relief efforts.
She said: ‘I have members of my family who have obviously experienced the shake, they’ve been outside, they’ve been sleeping outside.
‘It’s scary because it’s people who are very close to me. I’ve had numerous people on Instagram reach out to me, they’ve sent me locations of an address, pictures live. They are screaming for help.
‘I want to use my platform as much as I can to help anyone out there from Syria and Turkey.’
