As rescuers combed through the debris of collapsed buildings in a last-ditch effort to find survivors, the dead toll from the massive earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand on Saturday surpassed 1,000. A 6.7-magnitude aftershock occurred minutes after the shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquake that occurred early Friday afternoon northwest of the city of Sagaing in central Myanmar.
Across large areas of Myanmar, the earthquake wrecked houses, collapsed bridges, and caused roads to bend. Mandalay, the nation’s second-largest city and home to almost 1.7 million people, saw the most severe damage. According to a statement from the junta, at least 1,007 people were killed, nearly 2,400 were injured, and 30 more were reported missing in Myanmar.
There have been perhaps ten further verified deaths in Bangkok. However, the isolated military-ruled state is just now beginning to reveal the full extent of the disaster due to severely hampered communications, and the death toll is predicted to increase dramatically.
In Sagaing, Myanmar, a car got trapped in a hole in the ground near veggies and watermelons that had spilt. AFP AFP reporters witnessed rescuers in Mandalay removing a woman alive from the wreckage of an apartment complex where a Red Cross representative claimed that over 90 people might be stranded. The Sky Villa Condominium had twelve stories, some of which were pancaked on top of one another.
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