Myanmar: exceeded 3,000 dead after the deadly earthquake
Exceeded 3,000 dead After the deadly earthquake of 7.7 on the Richter scale In Myanmar, while missing are estimated at hundreds. At the same time, meteorological forecasts are referring to unusual rainfall from Sunday, which may further difficult to rescue and distribute assistance.
This development will affect the most severely affected areas, such as Mandaley, Shagating and Naipidau. Earlier on Wednesday, rescuers lifted two men from the ruins of a hotel in the capital of Myanmar, a third from one hostel to another city and another in the second city in the country, Mandalei, five days after the earthquake. But most teams found only corpses.
According to the United Nations and international relief organizations, the complete extent of earthquake catastrophe that hit Myanmar on March 28 cannot be determined, and the disaster could aggravate hunger and disease epidemics in a country where nearly 20 million people needed humanitarian aid.
Rescuers have just been taken out of hotel debris in Myanmar
For his part, the army argues that it aims to accelerate the relief and reconstruction efforts after the deadly shock. The 7.7 magnitude earthquake was the strongest in the area in the last century, with entire communities leveled and residents left without food, water and home.
Heavy rainfall with people under the ruins
« There is rain and still too many people remain buried » in the wreckage said a rescuer who is attempting in one of the affected areas of Myanmar. « And especially in Mandaley, if it starts to rain, people who are trapped will drown even if they have survived so far, » he added.
In the capital, a rescue team used endoscopic camera to locate a trapped man on a low floor of the damaged hotel where he worked, Reports the Associated Press. They took him carefully through a hole almost 108 hours after it was trapped. MRTV later reported that another man was saved from the same building, more than 121 hours after the earthquake. Both were 26 years old.
Rainfall, however, are expected to make it difficult for the work of the Relief Services and the rescuers who have already called for access without obstacles to all affected areas of the country that is being broken by civil war.
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Yesterday, the Japan Embassy in Myanmar announced via Facebook that the death toll had reached 3,003, while another 4,515 people were injured and 351 are missing. The same post states that 53 flights have been made to transport assistance, while more than 1,900 rescuers have been sent to the country by 15 states, including China, India and Russia.
In neighboring Thailand, almost a week after the earthquake, rescuers are still looking for survivors under the debris after the collapse of a 30 -storey building under construction in Bangkok. With bulldozers and excavators they try to break 100 tonnes of cement to detect any survivors. 15 workers have been found dead so far, and 72 are still missing. The total number of dead in Thailand is 22.
In Bangkok the head of the junta
Meanwhile, the leader of the junta Mini Aung Hlating will today go to Bangkok to discuss the response to the earthquake at the Bengal Gulf initiative on Multipurpose Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), which includes Bangladesh, Bangladesh, Bangladesh,
The Army has difficulty ruled by Myanmar after his coup in February 2021. In addition, the civil war that has erupted in the country – where dozens of armed groups of ethnic minorities and political opponents of the junta have been active in On the brink of collapse.
Yesterday, the state -run MRTV television network reported that the junta declared a ceasefire in its operations against the rebels, which will take effect immediately and will last 20 days. The aim is to support efforts to relieve the effects of the earthquake. However, the military warned that they would respond « in the appropriate way » if the rebels launched attacks.
