Myanmar earthquake: Hundreds killed, more deaths feared as rescuers race against time | Pics
Published on Apr 01, 2025 02:08 PM IST
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025, killing over 2,700 people. Rescue efforts face challenges due to civil unrest and aid blockages.
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A 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar on Friday with an epicenter near Mandalay, killing over 2,700 people, bringing down scores of buildings and damaging other infrastructure like the city’s airport. In pic: Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team work at a collapsed residential building following the earthquake, in Mandalay, Myanmar.(REUTERS)
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Fuel shortages, intermittent communications, and power outages further complicate relief efforts. Due to a shortage of heavy equipment, search and rescue efforts have been hampered, and many people are now forced to look for survivors manually in temperatures that regularly surpass 40 degrees Celsius. In pic: People carry their belongings as they leave their homes, damaged by Friday's earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP)
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The death toll from the earthquake has surpassed 2,700. Those who survived the earthquake are spending their nights in the streets. The homes of many had been destroyed; the rest are too scared to go to their houses in anticipation of aftershocks. In pic: People carry their belongings as they leave their homes, damaged by Friday's earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.(AP)
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AP has reported that the stench of rotting corpses has permeated the air of the junta-led country's second-largest city. In pic: Myanmar's rescuers work through rubble of a collapsed building following Friday's earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP)
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A woman rides her bicycle past a collapsed building in Mandalay on April 1, 2025, a few days after the deadly Myanmar earthquake. After a night sprawled out on cardboard panels under hastily erected plastic tarps, hundreds of Mandalay residents arose to another day of earthquake recovery, wondering when they can return safely to permanent shelter. (AFP)
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Aid organisations and the UN warned that the earthquake might worsen hunger and disease outbreaks in a nation that was already among the most difficult for humanitarian organisations to work in due to civil strife. In pic: A man walks past a collapsed building in Mandalay on April 1, 2025, a few days after the deadly Myanmar earthquake.(AFP)
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Cara Bragg, the Yangon-based manager of Catholic Relief Services, said hospitals are facing a shortage of staff and medical supplies. In pic: Injured people being treated at a field hospital unit being operated by the Indian Army in the earthquake-hit Mandalay of Myanmar.(AP)
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With the Mandalay airport being damaged and the control tower toppled in the capital Naypitaw's airport, all commercial flights into the cities have been shut down. In pic: An aerial view shows flattened buildings and one damaged following an earthquake on(via REUTERS)
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