Due to the earthquake, the number of dead in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, has reached 10, and in the ruins According to the Thai government, efforts are being made to rescue at least 15 people who are trapped alive
The death toll from Friday's powerful earthquake in Myanmar has reached 1,644, according to Myanmar's military junta. 2 thousand 389 people are injured and 30 people are missing. It is estimated that the number of dead may increase as rescue and search operations continue.
1 thousand 591 houses have been damaged in Mandalay area, which is the epicenter of the earthquake. BBC reports that at least 90 people are trapped in a building in Mandale area. On Friday afternoon, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck north-west of Sagaing city in Myanmar. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), another 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurred in the same area a few minutes later.
The military government of Myanmar has announced that a temporary hospital and relief camp have been put into operation at Mandalay Airport. The airport has been closed after the runway was damaged due to the earthquake. But the army is working to resume flights, the military government said.
CBS News reports that security personnel and technicians in the capital Naypyidaw are trying to restore the damaged roads as well as interrupted electricity, phone and internet services. In Myanmar in 2021, the military overthrew the government in a 'coup'. The military government has been making strict disclosure of information inside the country. As a result, the real information about the earthquake could not be obtained, according to the international media.
10 people lost their lives in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand due to the earthquake. Thai Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnwirakul said that efforts are underway to rescue at least 15 people trapped in the debris alive. According to him, about 100 people are missing. According to the Thai government, 6 airports in Thailand, including Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Chiang Rai and Phuket, were closed after the earthquake. Thai Prime Minister Patong Tarn Shinawatra has said that the country is back to normal after the deadly earthquake in the capital. An under-construction building in Bangkok has collapsed due to an earthquake.
Myanmar's military government on Friday declared a state of emergency in six places in the country and appealed for international assistance. According to which, international support has reached Myanmar. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the military government, visited the hospital where the wounded were kept and said that he hoped for help from other countries. Within 24 hours of that, assistance was received from some countries including China.
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said the Chinese team was the first international rescue group to reach Yangon, Myanmar's largest city. China has sent more than 135 rescue workers and experts as well as medical kits and generators. Similarly, after Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke to Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing on the phone, Beijing will provide humanitarian aid worth 100 million yuan (13 million US dollars) to Myanmar. China is one of the biggest trading partners of the junta government.
Russia also sent a team of 120 rescuers and psychologists and experts with dogs to be used in the investigation, according to the Ministry of Emergencies. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has written on social network X that India has also sent a rescue and medical team with immediate humanitarian aid. CNN mentioned that Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia will also send rescue teams.
The United Nations has set aside five million dollars to begin relief efforts. South Korea has said that it will provide humanitarian aid worth two million dollars through international organizations. Malaysia said it would send a rescue team on Sunday. US President Donald Trump has said that he will help as much as possible.
Myanmar's military overthrew the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. The junta government has long been engaged in a bloody civil war with active rebels and newly formed pro-democracy forces. Even after the earthquake, military forces continued their attacks. It carried out three airstrikes in the northern state of Kayin, also known as Karenni, and in southern San. Both these states are bordering the earthquake-affected Mandale state.
Soldier Dave Yuvank, founder of the Free Burma Rangers, a humanitarian aid organization that has been providing aid to both fighters and civilians in Myanmar since the 1990s, told CBS News that the impact of the earthquake was minimal because most of the villages in the area had already been destroyed by the military. Minutes after the earthquake in northern San, 7 rebels were killed in an airstrike on a rebel-held village. 5 buildings, including a school, were damaged in the attack, according to the AP news agency, quoting Mai Ruko, editor of Shwe Phi Mye news agency in San.
