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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The numbers are estimates only, from anecdotal reporting. Numbers will vary wildly during the rescue and recovery period. I can think of reports of e.g. 100 dead in a disaster in the USA, with the number eventually changed to 80-ish once the nubmers have been confirmed, due to double counting or reporting from various sources.

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