Bangkok – Myanmar's ruling army said on state television on Saturday that due to certified death Devastating 7.7 dimensions earthquake Increased to 1,644, as the country's second largest city approached, more bodies were pulled from the rubble of several buildings.
The new yesterday is a sharp rise compared to the 1,002 yesterday announced a lot hours ago, which will continue to increase the number of casualties in the region, and the number of Friday earthquakes will continue to increase. The number of injured increased to 3,408, while the missing figures increased to 139.
Efforts are being made, especially in major cities of the country's number 2 city Mandala, and in the most impressive cities of the capital Napito. But although teams and equipment from other countries have been blown up, they are obstructed by airports in these cities and is apparently ineligible for land aircraft.
MyanmarAlso known as Burma, has been for a long time Civil WarWho is already responsible for a humanitarian crisis. This makes both difficult and dangerous across the country, complicating relief efforts and raising the fear that the number of casualties can still be increased rapidly.
The earthquake did not remove a center on Friday afternoon, including several aftershocks, including a measurement 6.4. He sent buildings in many areas that fell to the ground, caused the bucket roads, bridges and dams.
In Nephdo, staff worked to repair the damaged roads on Saturday, while in most parts of the city, electricity, phone and Internet services were low. The earthquake brought down many buildings, including several units, including government employees, but the city was stopped by authorities on Saturday.
In neighboring Thailand, the earthquake shaken the Greater Area of Bangkok, nearly 17 million people and other parts of the country.
Bangkok City officials said that the number of people killed at a high level location near the capital's popular Chatchak Market was 10, nine, while 78 were not yet countless. Efforts were underway in hopes of searching for additional survivors.
On Saturday, heavy equipment was brought to transmit debris tons, but hopefully they will be found alive among the missing friends and family members.
“I was praying that they survived, but when I got here and saw the ruin-where can they be in? Are they still alive? I am still praying that all six are alive,” 45-year-old Narimol Thongalik said, when he is waiting for news about his companion, who is waiting for the site, who is working on the site.
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Vanfet Penta said she had not heard her daughter Kanlaini an hour before the earthquake. A friend said his Kanni was doing high work on the building on Friday.
“I am praying that my daughter is safe, she is saved and she is in the hospital,” she said.
Earthquake and aftershocks were felt in most provinces of the country, Thai officials said. Residential buildings, hospitals and temples were damaged in many places in the north, including in Cheng Mai, but only casualties were reported in Bangkok.
Earthquakes are rare in Bangkok, but relatively common common in Myanmar. The country is sitting on the Sagang fault, it is an important North South mistake that separates India plate and the Sanda Plate.
Brian Baptty, an earthquake expert from the British Geological Survey, said the earthquake has caused severe land in the area where most of the population lives in wooden buildings and brick masonry is disconnected.
“When you have a huge earthquake in an area where there are more than a million people, many of them live in weak buildings, the consequences can often be devastating,” he said in a statement.
Myanmar's government He said that there is more blood demand in the toughest areas. In a country where previous governments sometimes show a slowdown in accepting foreign aid, Mann Ang Hilang said that Myanmar is ready to accept external aid.
Myanmar's army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, and is now involved in civil war with the long -standing militias and supporters of the newly formed democracy.
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Ibnak told the Associate Press that most of the villages were already destroyed by the army in the area where he was working, so the earthquake had little effect.
He said, “People are in the jungle and I was out in the jungle when the earthquake was hit – it was powerful, but the trees just moved, it was for us, so we did not have a direct effect, besides the Burmese army attacks, even after the earthquake.”
In the northern Sean, a few minutes after an earthquake, after an airstrike on the rebel -controlled village, seven members of the militia were killed and five buildings were damaged, in which Shan's online media show My News Agency editor Mai Roko told AP.
Government forces have lost control of most parts of Myanmar, and many places are incredibly dangerous or merely impossible to reach relief groups. According to the UN, more than 3 million people have been displaced by the fighting and about 20 million are in need.
“Although a complete picture of this loss is still emerging, most of us have never seen such catastrophe,” said Haider Yaqub, director of NGO Plan International from Yangon.
Satellite images of the PBC analyzed planet Labs PBC analyzed by the AP showed that the earthquake dropped the air traffic control tower at Napito International Airport as it was removed from its base.
The debris was scattered from the upper part of the tower, which controlled all air traffic in Myanmar's capital, which was shown on Saturday.
It was not immediately clear whether the devastation would have been hurt, though the tower had staff at the time of the earthquake on Friday.
China and Russia are the largest supply of weapons to the Myanmar army, and were among the first to step up with humanitarian aid.
China said it had sent more than 135 rescue personnel and experts with such a medical kits and generator supply, and has promised about $ 13.8 million in emergency aid. Hong Kong sent Myanmar a 51 -member team.
Russia's Emergency Ministry said it had flown 120 aid workers and goods, and the country's health ministry said Moscow had sent a medical team to Myanmar.
Other countries like India and South Korea are sending help, and the United Nations has allocated 5 million Million to launch relief efforts.
US President Donald Trump said Friday that Washington was going to help the response, but some experts were concerned about the efforts that he was in awe of his administration's deepest lack of foreign aid.