Several days ago, a series of earthquakes hit Turkey. This has caused the deaths of more than 500 Turkish citizens. When you're sitting back and wondering about the role of government and how can government do better, look at disaster relief. The survivors of the Turkish earthquake are now having to live without adequate shelter. It is cold, raining and snowing there.

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From the BBC:

Officials say 1,650 people were injured in the 7.2-magnitude quake which had its epicentre in Van province - 185 people have been rescued alive.

Rain and snow are hindering the rescue effort and worsening conditions for the thousands of people made homeless.

Tents and other aid supplies are being delivered after some initial criticism that the response was too slow.

Hundreds of people are still missing under collapsed buildings.

Rescuers in some places are continuing to search for those buried in the rubble, but at other sites they have stopped work and attention is turning to the needs of the survivors.

People in the hardest-hit town, Ercis, have formed long queues to try to get hold of tents but many have been told there are none left.

"Everyone is getting sick and wet," said Fetih Zengin, a 38-year-old whose house was badly damaged.

"We have been waiting in line for four days and still nothing."

Rescue efforts are continuing in the worst hit town, Ercis, but have ended in the city of Van
"We slept under a piece of plastic erected on some wooden boards we found. We have 10 children in our family," he told the Reuters news agency.

Another survivor, Zeki Yatkin, lost his father in the quake.

"They say we will get prefabricated houses in one-and-a-half months," he said, in an interview with Reuters.

"We can't tolerate the cold, but what else can we do?"