After earthquakes in Thailand and Myanmar: Coral smell and hundreds of missing people

Three days after the severe earthquake In Myanmar, which also shook neighboring Thailand, the rescue and search work in both countries runs. According to the German press agency (dpa) confusing.

The figures last mentioned by the military government amount to 1700 deaths, around 3,400 injuries and 300 missing. The Earthquake of strength 7.6 occurred on Friday afternoon around 1.30 p.m. (local time) near Mandalay, the second largest city of Myanmar.

Earthquake: the shell of a skyscraper collapses in Bangkok

According to the Helmholtz Center, the earthquake found in Myanmar at a depth of ten kilometers. According to the first reports, the epicenter was located around 50 kilometers east of the city of Monywa. Among other things, an old bridge, a mosque and a monastery have collapsed there. In the interior of Aung Ban, a hotel collapsed. Many people should be enclosed there. There were also greater aftershocks. There is concern that dams on the River Irrawaddy were damaged and could break.

According to an estimate by the US-earthquake, the number of victims could go into thousands. The institute fears that a total of more than 10,000 people may have died in Myanmar and the other affected regions.

In Bangkok Meanwhile, rescue workers are looking for almost 80 missing people in a collapsed shell. The teams are used with excavators and detection dogs. The 72 hours, which the spilled can normally do without food and water, will soon be reached. According to the city administration, another dead man was recently recovered from the rubble. This lies the total number of deaths in the Thai capital at 18

Earthquake in Thailand: German vacationers escape from hotel pool

The Federal Foreign Office announced that there was no findings about the Germans affected. However, the situation remains confusing. Videos in social networks show the violent vibrations. At high -rise buildings in Bangkok Hotel pools spilled over, the water masses fell down.

A video of a German couple is circulating on the Internet, which is located in a hotel swimming pool over Bangkok’s roofs while the earthquake begins. The woman and the man were just able to save themselves before the air mattress and a lot of water are torn down.

On the islands that are popular with vacationers Koh Samui and Phuket Local residents and the end of the vacation felt nothing of the earth.

Devastating effects after generation in Thailand and Myanmar

In Mandalay in Myanmar Ten people died in the collapse of a mosque. A monastery also collapsed in the city of Taungoo in which displaced people were housed. 21 people died, including children like Khit Thit Media reported. Several people should also be included there. In addition, the AVA bridge in Mandalay is said to have fallen into the Irrawaddy River.

The Red Cross in Myanmar speaks of devastating damage. According to General ZAW MIN, the clinics, the spokesman for the military junta in Myanmar, urgently need blood.

Myanmar: weakened population and infrastructure – China also affected

The aid organization Save the Children reports that many families had been looking for refuge on football fields out of fear of aftershocks in monasteries. Numerous damaged streets and the interrupted communication lines make the aid measures difficult. At the same time, the Junta, who had credited to power at the beginning of 2021, prohibited international media access to the disaster area, wrote the news agency Mynamar Now Referring to General ZAW min.

Also in China, India and Vietnam residents felt the tremor. However, the extent of the damage seems to be significantly lower in these countries. Dead has not yet been reported.

In the Chinese city of Ruili spoke of disaster protection of damage to houses and injuries, as Chinese media reported, citing the authority. A video on the Chinese online platform Weibo, China’s counterpart to the platform X, showed debris on a street in ruili and damage to a house roof.

Ministered Earthquake in Bangkok – patient patient

The people of Bangkok panicked their houses when the earth shook there for minutes. In the Silom district in the center of the capital, thousands of people were on the street, many ran. Helpers also headed to go under the open sky and leave the buildings. Patients were brought to the streets from the hospitals.

Meanwhile, those responsible have asked for the help of other countries. Myanmar’s Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing said on state television that he had requested help from the international community and other organizations. And he has already allowed India and the Association of Southeast Asian nations, abbreviated Asean, to support helpers in the regions. The emergency was also proclaimed in several regions of Myanmar.

According to its own statements, the EU already supports satellite images and has offered further help. The Malteser Hilfsdienst initially provides an emergency aid 250,000 euros – Caritas another 100,000 euros. « After the heavy earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand, our thoughts are with the victims, their families and friends, » wrote Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday evening on the platform X.

Only a few days ago it had a violent Earthquake in New Zealand given. Also in Europe, in Italy, there is currently a storming on earth near the supervulkan in the Phlegraian fields. (with dpa)