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30-03-2025
BANGKOK/ YANGON: More than 1,600 people have been killed in Myanmar and thousands more injured following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that was also felt in neighboring countries.
Hundreds are believed to be trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings including at least 50 construction workers who are unaccounted for after a high-rise was flattened by the earthquake in Bangkok.
More than 90 people are believed trapped in the rubble of an apartment block in Mandalay, Myanmar, a Red Cross official tells media.
A rescue team in Mandalay tells media; “we are digging people out with our bare hands”
Air strikes have continued in Myanmar, the People’s Defense Force says. Media takes a look at the troubles facing the war-torn country.
The Myanmar Military is continuing to carry out air strikes in areas declared states of emergency.
The People’s Defence forces, a network of pro-democracy civilian Milita groups have reported airstrikes in Chang-U Township in Sagaing near the epicentre of the devastating quake.
David Eubank from the humanitarian resistance group the Free Burma Rangers told media that “since the earthquake there’s been three air strikes in southern Shan state and Kareni last night. So, they are not stopping.”
The United Nations body investigating human rights violations in the country has warned that the military is carrying out war crimes and crimes against humanity against its own people.
The military are trying to crush a nationwide pro-democracy armed uprising that’s fighting to remove them from power.
Data investigation late last year found the military now only has control of less than a quarter of the country.
In the air, the military has the upper hand. Using Russian and Chinese made fighter jets the military have been carrying devastating airstrikes across the country.
They have hit schools, monasteries churches and hospitals. In one of the deadliest airstrikes to date more than 170 people were killed, including many women and children.
A deadly earthquake has sent a ripple effect of destruction across parts of South East Asia. As evening draws closer in Myanmar and Thailand let’s take stock of what we know, a day on from the disaster.
More than 1,000 people have died as a result of the tremors from the 7.7 magnitude quake that reached as far as Thailand and China.
Rescue operations are ongoing to find survivors among huge piles of rubble where buildings had stood yesterday morning. Families of the 50 people who remain missing at the site of a building collapse in Bangkok are waiting for news of their loved ones.
Rescuers says at least 15 people are believed to still be alive under the rubble as the teams working to recover survivors refuse to give up hope.
In Mandalay, the city closest to the epicentre of the earthquake in Myanmar, 90 people are presumed trapped under a flattened block of apartments. In total, more than 1,500 homes have been damaged in the region, the country’s military council says.
One resident in Mandalay says they have “lost everything”.
The international community have been offering humanitarian aid and support to both Myanmar and Thailand, as the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) says they will work to facilitate relief operations. (Int’l News Desk)
