How to respond to a major disaster

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The devastation caused by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria is immense, with buildings and lives destroyed on an enormous scale. But when hundreds of thousands of people are trying to survive in freezing conditions without food, water and shelter, how do you even know where to begin to get help to them? The BBC's Frank Gardner has been covering global security stories for the past 20 years. In this episode of 5 Questions On, Frank hears from the head of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband, about exactly how you respond to such a disaster. Image Credit: YAHYA NEMAH/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock