Myanmar quake toll passes 1,000 as rescuers dig for survivors

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A major earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand has killed a thousand on Saturday, when survivors dug down the wreckage of collapsed buildings in search of the survivors.

The magnitude 7.7 magnitude earthquake collided in the northwest of the city of Sagang in central Myanmar in the early afternoon, a few minutes later.

The earthquake eliminated the devastating buildings, grievances and pieces of Myanmar, which caused widespread destruction in the country’s second largest city and more than 1.7 million people.

The ruling Jinta said in a statement that at least 1,002 people were killed and about 2,400 were injured in Myanmar. 10 more deaths have been confirmed in Bangkok.

But with adverse communication, the actual measure of destruction is starting to emerge only from the isolated military governance state, and the tool is expected to increase significantly.

According to geologists, this was the largest earthquake to target Myanmar in decades, and hundreds of kilometers (miles) from the center of the earthquake, was powerful enough to severely damage buildings in Bangkok.

In Mandala, AFP journalists saw a centuries -old Buddhist Pagoda, which had entered the rubble by earthquake.

“It began to shake, and then it started to get serious,” said a soldier at a post on the road outside Pagoda.

“The monastery also collapsed. A monk died. Some people were injured, we fired some people and took them to the hospital.”

The head of the Central Buddhist statue fell in the monastery and was placed on the platform on his feet.

The soldier said, “Not everyone in the monastery gets sleep inside, because we have heard that there may be another earthquake. I have never felt anything like in my life.”

The guards removed journalists at Mandale Airport.

One said, “It’s closed since yesterday.” “The roof fell but no one was hurt.”

The damage to the airport will complicate relief efforts in a country whose rescue services and health care systems have already been destroyed by a military coup in 2021 by four years of civil war.

Rare junta plyia to help

Junta’s Chief Man Ang Hilang issued an extraordinary appeal for international aid on Friday, indicating the severity of the catastrophe. The previous military governments have also refused foreign aid even after great natural disasters.

The country announced an emergency in the six worst affected regions after the earthquake, and at a major hospital in the capital, Nepida, physics were forced to treat the injured in an open air on Friday.

Foreign aid offers began to come up with President Donald Trump on Friday.

“This is a real bad, and we will help,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office. We have already talked to the country. “

Early flight from India carrying hygiene kits, blankets, food parcels and other essential goods in the commercial capital Yangon on Saturday.

China said it had sent a team of 82 people to Myanmar.

Rescue agencies have warned that Myanmar is not fully prepared to deal with the destruction of the breadth. Before the earthquake hit, about three and a half million people were in danger of hunger.

Elimination of Bangkok Building

Arsen from the Bangkok border, rescue workers worked in search of trapped survivors at night when the 30 -storey skyscraper collapsed, decreased to the pile of rubble in seconds and a pile of shaken with the power of shaking.

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Cetupat told AFP that about 10 people have been confirmed dead in the whole city, mostly in the collapse of the Flakebose building.

But up to 100 workers in the building were still countless, close to the Chattak Week and Market, which is a magnet for tourists.

“We are doing our best with our resources because every life is important with our resources,” Chadchart told reporters at the scene.

Thermal imaging drones were deployed to achieve symbols of life in the debris, and officials believe they have seen at least 15 people.

Bangkok City officials said they would deploy more than 100 engineers to inspect buildings for safety after receiving more than 2,000 reports of damage.

Chadchart said 400 people were forced to spend the night in the open air in the city’s parks because their homes were not safe.

Although there was no widespread catastrophe in Bangkok, some dramatic images of shaking roof swimming ponds were brought down, which are below the city’s many great apartment blocks and hotels.

Even the hospitals were evacuated, a woman took her baby out after moving from a hospital building. A spokesman told AFP that a surgeon continued to work on a patient after completing the operation outside, a spokesman told AFP.