How do they know how many people died so soon after a major disaster?

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In Turkey and Syria now they’re saying 1,800 people died already. Is it as simple as counting the bodies and reporting that?

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It’s an estimate, and it may always be an estimate. The number could easily go up, or down, over time. We had a big flood here and at first they were saying there were 50 people dead or missing. When it was all said and done, there were 9 dead.

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