Counting of death from a huge earthquake colliding with Myanmar and Thailand passed on 1,600 on Saturday, as the rescue team dug through the debris of buildings collapsed in a desperate search for the remaining people.
The shallow 7.7-delete earthquake hit the north-west of the city of Teak in mid-Myanmar on Friday afternoon, later 6.7-Criminal after -ing after minutes.
The earthquake destroyed the buildings, destroying the bridge, and deer roads in the swaths of Myanmar, with large -scale destruction in Mandalay, the country’s second largest city and home for more than 1.7 million people.
Thar Aye, a 68 -year -old resident of the congregation, said, “We need assistance.” “We have nothing.”
Junta said in a statement that at least 1,644 people were killed and more than 3,400 were injured in Myanmar, due to disappearance of at least 139, Junte said in a statement. About 10 more deaths have been confirmed in Bangkok.
But with communication being badly interrupted, the correct scale of disaster is only beginning to emerge from isolated military ruled state, and toll is expected to increase significantly.
In Mandal, AFP journalists noticed that rescue teams draw a woman alive from the remains of an apartment block, where a red cross officer said more than 90 people could be trapped.
After hours of laborious work in Sky Villa condominium, the 12 -storey was flattened by the earthquake, 30 -year -old, Fu Lecking was brought out and the stretcher was taken by her husband to hug and take him to the hospital.
Another woman in the apartment block was less lucky. His 20 -year -old son, an employee in the building, is still missing.
“We can’t find him yet. I only have this child – I think I am very heartbroken,” 56 -year -old Min Min Khin said, an employee is cooking in the building.
“He ate in my dining room and said goodbye. Then he went away and an earthquake. If he were with me, he would have survived like me,” he told AFP.
Somewhere else in Mandal, AFP journalists saw dozens of people preparing beds on the streets for the night, who prefer to sleep in the open rather than taking risks in earthquake-affected buildings.
‘Started moving’
According to geologists, it was the biggest earthquake to hit Myanmar in decades, and shocks were quite powerful to severely damage buildings in Bangkok hundreds of kilometers from shivering.
AFP journalists saw a centuries -old Buddhist pagoda in Mandalay, which was reduced in the debris.
“The monastery also collapsed. A monk died, some people were injured, we took out some people and took them to the hospital,” a soldier said at a nearby post.
There are reports of damage to the Divisional Airport, which complicates relief efforts in a country whose rescue services and healthcare systems have already been provoked by a four -year civil war by a military coup in 2021.
Rare Junta petition for help
The head of Junta, Min Aung Hling on Friday issued an extraordinary rare appeal for international assistance, indicating the severity of disaster.
The previous military governments have removed foreign aid even after major natural disasters.
The country declared an emergency situation in six worst-affected areas after the earthquake, and in a major hospital in the capital, Naipidav, Medics was forced to treat the injured in the open air.
Foreign aid proposals started coming, President Donald Trump pledged to help us.
An initial assistance distribution from India arrived, while China said that it sent more than 80 rescue teams to Myanmar and promised $ 13.8 million in emergency assistance.
Assistance agencies have warned that Myanmar is not ready to deal with a disaster of this magnitude. Some 3.5 million people were displaced by fierce civil war, many at risk of hunger, even before earthquake.
The United Nations human agency Och said on Saturday that the emergency response was being interrupted by the “severe shortage” of damaged roads and communication infrastructure as well as medical supply.
Bangkok building collapse
Across the border in Bangkok, rescue teams continued to work on Saturday, as the second night was attracted when the 30-centers under construction were discovered by the collapse of the collapse of the skyscraper.
Bangkok Governor Chadachar Sitipant told reporters that eight people were confirmed in the fall of the building so far.
But he said that 79 were still unaware of the building, a magnet for tourists closer to the matched weekend market.
Construction worker Khin Aung said, “All my friends and my brother were in the building when it collapsed”, the construction worker Khin Aung said.
Snifer dogs and thermal imaging drones were deployed to take signs of life in debris.
Bangkok City officials said they would deploy more than 100 engineers to inspect buildings for security after receiving more than 2,000 reports of loss.
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