More survived with ruins as hundreds are still missing

Four more people were drawn from ruins nearly 60 hours after A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 He hit Myanmar on Friday, killing at least 1,700 people in the country of Southeast Asia.

The survivors were rescued by a collapsed school building in the northern sagling region, from which a body was also restored, Myanmar's Fire Service reported.

Hundreds of people remain extinct, with efforts to search and rescue in both Myanmar and neighboring Thailand.

The death rate has grown to 18 people in the Thai capital, Bangkok, where 76 workers are still missing After the collapse of a high -power building that was under construction.

Friday's earthquake happened near the second largest urban mandala in Myanmar, the wines of sagas – with tremor affects several other nations.

Although rescue efforts are being fulfilled as of Friday and international assistance begins to reach Mianamar, there is a delay in reaching the worst affected areas, leaving locals trying to try to Dig the survivors by handS

On Saturday night, an elderly woman was rescued in the capital of Myanmar, Na Pius Tau after being trapped for 36 hours under the ruins of a hospital.

The shots showed that she was carrying it to a stretcher to a waiting ambulance surrounded by emergency workers.

Twenty -nine people were also rescued from a collapsed apartment block in Mandalay, the local fire body said on Sunday.

The earthquake struck around 12:50 local time (06:20 GMT) on Friday, only 10 km (6.2 miles) from the surface -which means that its effects on the ground level are felt stronger than the deeper trembling.

A second earthquake hit 12 minutes later, with a magnitude of 6.4 and an epicenter 18 km (11 miles) south of the saga, the regional capital, which sits near Mandalay.

The afteralds have continued since. On Sunday, a 5.1 magnitude tremor was recorded northwest of Mandalay.

In Bangkok, where the soft soil made the shaking more intensive, the unfinished block of the tower collapsed, burying many who worked in the place.

Thailand Deputy Minister Anutin Charnvracul said on Sunday that rescuers had found signs of life under the ruins of the place, but warned they were weak.

“Anomalies” were found in the steel used in the construction of the building and samples were collected for testing, Thailand Minister Akat Promfan told the media on Sunday.

Families are eagerly awaiting updates. A woman in Thailand, whose husband worked on the tower when she collapsed, told the BBC that she would wait “as long as he needed.”

International rescue teams join disasters efforts, with several countries sending help to Myanmar. These include:

• China Sending a rescue team of 82 people
• A 51-strong team that arrives from Hong Kong Sunday
• India Sending a flight for help carrying a rescue team and emergency supplies
• Malaysia Foreign Ministry says it will send a team of 50 people to support disaster assistance operations
• Thehe Philippines., Vietnam., Indonesia., Ireland., South Korea and New Zealand Also sending rescue crews
• Britain Foreign Secretary David Lamie promised £ 10 million in help to help “the most needy”

Meanmar's ruling military junta, meanwhile has continued the bombing parts of the Civil War countryS The UN described the attacks as “completely outrageous and unacceptable”.

The prodemocratic rebel groups that are fighting to eliminate the military from power are reported by air bombing in the city of Chang-U in the sagas region.

Military regime seized power in a coup in 2021, but it No longer controls many parts of the countrywhich are divided between rebel groups.

The government of national unity, which represents the overthrown civil administration, said its armed forces will launch a two -week pause in “offensive military operations, except for protective action” in areas affected by the Sunday earthquake.

People in Myanmar could encounter a further displacement when the monsoon season came.

Last year, there was a “grave flood that damaged homes (s) sanitary facilities,” Lauren Helery of the International Rescue Committee told BBC Breakfast.

“We are entering the monsoon season again in May, with the rain starting in April,” she said.