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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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