How to help victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria 

Turkey is calling for international help with search and rescue efforts after a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake toppled buildings like these in Hatay.Ercin Erturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

CNN — Thousands of people are dead and many more are injured after a massive earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria Monday morning. The magnitude 7.8 quake was one of the strongest to strike the area in more than a century. Amid severe aftershocks, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) called for international help.The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) says it is “launching immediate cash assistance” from its Disaster Response Emergency Fund to help relief efforts in both countries.

Toll from Turkey-Syria quake keeps climbing with more than 7,700 people now reported killed

From CNN's Talia Kayali and Mitchell McCluskey

The death toll from the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has risen to at least 7,726.

In an update Tuesday, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said that at least 5,894 people are now dead and 34,810 injured in Turkey. In Syria, at least 1,832 deaths and 3,849 injuries have been reported.

At least 16,139 teams are working on search and rescue efforts, with additional international teams to be added, Oktay said.