Four more people were drawn from the ruins almost 60 hours after A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.7 On Friday, Mjanmar struck, killing at least 1,700 people in Southeast Asia.
The survivors were saved from the demolished school building in the northern Sagaing region, from which the body was also recovered, the Mjanmar Fire Department said.
Hundreds of people remain missing, and in the minmar and neighboring Thailand, efforts to search and rescue are underway.
The number of deaths increased to 18 people in the Thai capital, Bangkok, where there are 76 workers They are still missing After the collapse of the tall building that was under construction.
The earthquake on Friday happened near the second largest Mandalay Mjanmar, along the bending mistake – with trembling that affects several other nations.
Although the efforts of rescue from Friday and international assistance begins to reach myanamar, there was a delay in reaching the worst affected areas, leaving the locals to try dig survivors manually.
On Saturday night, an elderly woman was saved in Mjanmar’s capital, Nay Pyi Taw, after being captured 36 hours under The ruin of the hospital.
The recordings showed that it is worn on a stretcher until an ambulance, surrounded by workers in emergencies.
Twenty -nine people were also rescued from a demolished housing block in Mandalay, the local fire department said on Sunday.
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On Friday, the earthquake hit around 12:50 of the local time (06:20 GMT), only 10 km (6.2 miles) from the surface – which means that its effects at the soil level felt more strong than a deeper earthquake.
The second earthquake hit 12 minutes later, with a magnitude of 6.4 and an epicenter 18 km (11 miles) south of Sagaing, a regional capital, sitting near Mandalaya.
They have been continuing since then. On Sunday, Tremor Magnitude-5.1 was recorded northwest of Mandalaya.
Experts say that the relative straightening of the Sagation error is They allowed seismic waves to travel more than 1,000 km to China and Thailand.
In Bangkok, where soft soil made a shaking more intense, the unfinished tower collapsed, burning many who worked at that place.
Tailand Deputy Government Anutin Charnvirakul said on Sunday that the rescuers discovered the signs of life under the ruins of that place, but warned that they were weak.
The “anomalies” were found in steel used in the construction of the building, and the samples were collected for testing, Tailan Minister Akanat Promphan said on Sunday on Sunday.
Families were eagerly awaiting updates. One woman in Thailand, whose husband worked on the tower when he collapsed, told the BBC that she would wait “as long as necessary.”
International rescue teams have joined the disasters’ efforts, and several countries have sent assistance to Mjanmar. This includes:
- China Sending a rescue team of 82 people, along with the second for the largest city yangon in the country
- 51-jack team coming from Hong Kong on Sunday
- India Sending a flight to help wearing a rescue team and emergency supplies
- Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs saying that they will send a team of 50 people to support surgery to assist in disasters
- AND Philippines,, Vietnam,, Indonesia,, Ireland,, South Korea and New Zealand also sending rescue teams
- UK Foreign Minister David Lammy promised £ 10m to help “those who need the most”
In the meantime, the ruling military hunt of Mjanmar continued to bomb the parts of the state built into a civil war. The UN described the attacks as “completely amazing and unacceptable.”
The rebel groups of pro-democracy struggling to remove the military from power have reported air bombings in the city of Chaung in the Sagaing region.
The military regime seized power in the 2021 state strike, but that There are no more parts of the country anymorewhich are divided among the rebel groups.
The Government of National Unity, which represents the worn civilian administration, said in a statement that his armed forces would start a two -week break in “offensive military operations, except for defense actions” in the earthquake areas.
People in Mjanmar could face further displacement when the monsoon season arrives.
Last year there was “strong floods that damaged homes [and] Sanitary content, “Lauren Ellery, from the International Rescue Committee, told BBC breakfast.
“In May we enter the monsoon season, and the rain started in April,” she said.
