Myanmar, Mandalay and earthquake
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Emergency rescue teams on Sunday began trickling into the area of Myanmar hardest hit by a massive earthquake that killed more than 1,600 people, their efforts hindered by buckled roads, downed bridge...
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More than 1,600 people were confirmed dead across Myanmar over the weekend, and more than 3,000 were injured in the worst earthquake to hit the country in over a century.
From The New York Times
The U.S. Geological Service's predictive modelling estimated Myanmar's death toll could exceed 10,000 and losses could exceed the country's annual economic output.
From Reuters
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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.
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The hundreds of lives trapped under the rubble in Mandalay, the Buddhist heart of Myanmar shattered by the earthquakeThe earthquake leaves over 1,700 dead. "All temples and pagodas have collapsed," says a Mandalay resident, the country's second-largest city and the most devastated by the earthquake. In the heart of Myanmar,
Volunteers gathered to help, some coming in from other cities, to do whatever they could in the city near the epicenter of the powerful quake.
A Filipino teacher working in Myanmar on Monday appealed to the humanitarian assistance team set to be deployed by the Philippine government to the earthquake-hit country to prioritize helping Filipinos in the Mandalay area.
Continuing with India's initiatives to extend humanitarian assistance to earthquake hit Myanmar under Operation Brahma, the convoy of the Indian Army, in collaboration with NDRF and medical teams reached Mandalay on Monday.
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MANDALAY, Myanmar – Hundreds of grieving Muslims gathered for Eid prayers in the street in Mandalay on March 31, the death and destruction of Myanmar’s huge earthquake casting a pall of anguish over the occasion. The watching women were the first to weep.
Three survivors have been rescued by Chinese rescue teams in Mandalay early on Monday morning, according to a release from the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar, citing news reports. At 5:37 am and 6:20 am local time on Monday,
When contacted, a Sembcorp spokesperson told The Straits Times that despite losing power, the US$300mil gas-fired power plant in Mandalay has not been damaged. “As a result of the earthquake that struck central Myanmar, Sembcorp Myingyan Independent ...