More than 140 people were killed by the very powerful who resulted in buildings and infrastructure collapsing, while a skyscraper under construction was also demolished in the neighboring.
According to a new update from the Reuters agency, the dead are 144 in Myanmar and 9 in the bunges, while 732 are wounded so far.
The missing workers in the collapse that collapsed exceed 100.
NEW VIDEO: Skyscraper under construction collapses as massive earthquake hits Bangkok. No word on casualties
— BNO News (@BNONews)
Demolished 1/5 of buildings
Most of the damage is recorded in the city of Mandalai, close to the focus of the 7.7 -magnitude earthquake that hit the area at noon. There was also a strong aftershock and many smaller ones.
Rescuer in Amarapura, an ancient city and today Mandalai’s suburb, said that 30 dead were recovered from collapsing apartment buildings. “I haven’t lived this before. Our city seems leveled, “he said, estimating that one fifth of the buildings were demolished.
“We received calls for help from people who were trapped, but we cannot help them, we do not have enough hands, no machinery to move the ruins, but we will not stop the job,” he added.
Mandalai, the second largest city of Myanmar with a population of about 1.5 million people, is the ancient royal capital of the country and the center of Buddhist worship. Rescuers are trying to reach dozens of monks who were trapped in the wreckage of the Paya Taung Monastery, a rescuer said at the Reuters agency.
Bridges, roads and buildings have been completely destroyed, residents and local media reported.
“We all ran out of the house when everything started to tremble,” said one resident of Mandalai. “I saw a five -storey building collapsing in front of my eyes. Everyone in the city is on the street, no one dares to get in, “he added.
A charity rescuer said at least 60 corpses of monasteries and other buildings in Pinman have been recovered near the capital Naipidaou, and there are still many trapped.
In the capital itself, a hospital of 1,000 beds has been damaged and roads opened in the middle.
Disasters and in neighboring Thailand
In Bangkok, Thailand, rescue crews are looking for survivors in the ruins of the collapsing skyscraper.
Many people took panic on the streets, while the waters ran like a waterfall from the pool of a luxury hotel in Bangkok.
WATCH: Water is seen spilling over from a hotel rooftop pool in Bangkok, Thailand after a magnitude 7.7 quake happened in Myanmar.
The epicentre was about 17.2 km from the city of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest, which has a population of about 1.5 million.
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Fears for thousands of dead
American analysis, based on the depth and size of the earthquake, estimates that there will be thousands of dead and serious financial losses. The areas of Sagaying and Meikidila will be more affected.
State media reported that buildings were collapsed in five cities, as well as a railway bridge and a yogurt on the Yangon-Mandalai motorway. The shots show the damaged Ava bridge, above the Irauudi river, with its arches immersed in the water.
A resident of Mandalai said that in a district, Shane Pan, a fire broke out. The phones do not work and the electricity has been interrupted, he added.
According to two eyewitnesses, a mosque in the Taudo was partially collapsed, killing three people. “We prayed when the earthquake took place. Three people were killed on the spot, “the witnesses said.
In Aung Ban, in the state of San, a hotel collapsed and reportedly two people were killed and 20 others were trapped.
Rarely appeal of the junta for help
Rescue and assistance efforts are complicated by the fact that the military junta in Myanmar has been involved in a conflict with replacement guerrillas.
General Mini Aung Hlating, the leader of the military junta, warned that there were other victims and
Zin Mar Aung, the diplomatic spokesman for the opposition government of national unity, said that the fighters of the replacement organizations, the so -called popular defense forces, would provide humanitarian aid.
Limited update on the exact picture of the disaster
Amnesty International commented that the disaster could not happen at a worse moment for Myanmar, given the high number of already displaced residents, the major needs of humanitarian aid and the cut of US aid by the Trump government. Due to the restrictions imposed by the junta on the media, the exact picture of the disaster may not be clear for some time, said Joe Frimman, a specialist in the organization on Myanmar.
After overthrowing the elected political government of Nobel Prize -winning Aung San San and 2021, leaving the economy and basic services, such as healthcare, under dissolution. The armed opposition (groups coming from minorities and new, resistance organizations formed after the coup) has occupied territories and expelled the junta from border areas. Due to conflict more than 3 million people have been displaced and more than one -third of the population needs humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations.
Myanmar has also been affected by natural disasters and the internationally isolated junta finds it difficult to adequately cope. The country is on the meeting point of two tectonic plates and this area is one of the most earthquake -prone in the world.
Ni Ni Kiau, a professor at the University of Bristol, said that Myanmar is completely unable to face the consequences of the earthquake because of the “collapse of civil society”.
Solidarity by the international community
US President Donald Trump told reporters that he had spoken to “officials” in Myanmar and that his government would provide some kind of help to the country.
Macron also sent a message of solidarity with his post. “A severe earthquake hit Myanmar, with impacts felt up to Thailand and China. France expresses its solidarity with the victims, their missing and their relatives, “the French president said.
The President of the Republic Constantine A. Tasoulas expresses his pain over the consequences of the devastating earthquakes in Myanmar and Thailand, as well as the feelings of Greece’s solidarity towards the peoples of the two countries. He wishes condolences to the families of the victims, a rapid recovery to the injured and rapidly repairing the damage.
UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres said the United Nations is mobilizing to support the affected.
Which, Red Cross, UNICEF as well as other organizations and voluntary groups coordinate their actions to provide humanitarian aid to the affected areas.
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20 Red Cross volunteers are on the ground, providing first aid to ~50 injured people. 7 seriously injured individuals have been transferred to Mandalay General Hospital.
Our teams continue to assist.
— Myanmar Red Cross (@MyanmarRedCross)
