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Press Trust of India on MSNMyanmar earthquake: Indian team counters initial reluctance as it sifts through rubble in MandalayDon’t touch the body, we will handle it,” a family member told an Indian team that tried to retrieve the body of a woman from the rubble, days after a 7
Myanmar’s deadly earthquake has compounded the country’s civil war, deepening a humanitarian crisis in rebel-held areas where aid is blocked, and the future of the conflict remains uncertain.
Rescue workers at the U Hla Thein monastery said 270 monks were taking a religious exam when the quake hit, decimating the monastery. 70 were able to escape, but 50 have already been found dead and 150 are still unaccounted for.
The collapse of the Sky Villa complex in the Myanmar city of Mandalay buried an unknown number of people amid the earthquake on Friday that killed more than 2,700. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from ...