ReutersFour other people were withdrawn from the rubble after about 60 hours Strong earthquake 7.7 volume Myanmar struck Friday, killing at least 1,700 people in a country of Southeast Asia.
The survivors were rescued from a collapsed school building in the northern epic area, which was also recovered, the Myanmar Fire Excellency was said.
Hundreds of people are still missing, with search and rescue efforts in both Myanmar and Thailand.
The death toll rose to 18 people in the Thai capital, Bangkok, where 76 workers It is still missing After the collapse of a tall building was under construction.
On Friday, a earthquake occurred near Mandalaay in Myanmar, Myanmar, along the epic error – with tremors affecting many other countries.
Although the rescue efforts have been on Friday, and international aid has begun to reach Meanamar, there are delays in reaching the worst regions, leaving the locals to try to do so Drilling the survivors by hand.
On Saturday night, an elderly woman was rescued in the capital of Myanmar, NiB Tao, after being held for 36 hours. Hospital ruins.
Footage showed her to be transported on a mobile to an ambulance waiting, surrounded by emergency workers.
The local firefighting organization said on Sunday that twenty -nine people were rescued from a residential bloc that collapsed in Mandalay.
A relatively straight rift in the Earth's crust, which
The earthquake struck around 12:50 local time (06:20 GMT) on Friday, only 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) of the surface – which means that its effects on the ground level were more powerful than a deeper earthquake.
Another earthquake was hit 12 minutes later, with a size of 6.4 and an Excenter Musnad, 18 km (11 miles) south of Sagaing, the regional capital, which is located near Mandalay.
The opening tremors have continued since then. On Sunday, a large number of height of the northwest of Mandalay was recorded.
Experts say the relative righteousness of the error error Seismic waves allowed travel more than 1000 km towards China and Thailand.
Gety picturesIn Bangkok, where soft soils made more intense shaking, the incomplete tower mass collapsed, and many of those working on the site were buried.
On Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Anoten Charnchrakol said that rescuers discovered signs of life under the rubble on the site, but they warned that they were weak.
“Anomalous cases were found” in the steel used in building the building, and samples were collected for the test.
Families were eagerly awaiting updates. A woman in Thailand, whose husband was on the tower when the BBC collapsed, told “as long as it took it.”
International rescue teams join disaster efforts, as many countries have sent auxiliary to Myanmar. These include:
- China Send a rescue team of 82 people, along with another to the largest city of Yangon in the country
- The 51st team arrived from Hong Kong Sunday
- India Send an assistant trip bearing a rescue team and emergency supplies
- Malaysia The Foreign Ministry says it will send a team of 50 people to support disaster relief operations
- the Philipiniand Vietnamand Indonesiaand Irelandand South Korea and New Zealand Also send rescue teams
- UK Foreign Minister David Lami pledged 10 million pounds with help to help with “those in need”
At the same time, the ruling military airport, Myanmar It continued to bomb parts of the country that shattered the civil war. The United Nations described the attacks as “completely impressive and unacceptable.”
The rebel groups supporting democracy, which are fighting to remove the army from power, have reported air bombings in the town of Chung or in the Malagha region.
The military regime seized power in a coup in 2021, but it was Many parts of the country are no longerWhich are divided between rebel groups.
The national unity government, which represents the absolute civil administration, said in a statement that its armed forces will begin a two -week pause in “offensive military operations, with the exception of defense measures” in the areas affected by the earthquake.
People in Myanmar may face more displacement when the seasonal wind season arrives.
“There were severe floods affected by sewage homes,” said BBC Breakfast.
“We come to the monsoon season again in May, with the rain starting in April,” she said.
