Bangkok (AP)-The death toll from a strong earthquake of 7.7 in Myanmar jumped to more than 1000 on Saturday, as more bodies were withdrawn from the ruins of dozens of buildings that collapsed when they were hit near the second largest city in the country.
The country -led government said in a statement that 1002 people were now found dead, 2,376 others were wounded, and 30 others were lost. The statement indicated that the numbers still rise, saying, “The detailed numbers are still collected.”
Myanmar, also known as Burma, is in the labor of a long and bloody civil war, and is already responsible for a huge humanitarian crisis. It makes the movement throughout the country difficult and dangerous, making relief efforts and raising fears that the death toll still can rise.
In the middle of the day on Friday, the earthquake with a marina center is not far from Mandalay, followed by many wireless tremors, including a 6.4 size. The buildings were sent in many areas that fall on the ground, the roads that bind, causing bridges to collapse and exploded.
In the capital Naybyidaw, sets on Saturday worked to repair damaged roads, while electricity, phone and Internet services remained in most of the city. The earthquake dropped many buildings, including multiple units that include government civil service employees, but this section of the city was banned by the authorities on Saturday.
More damage in Thailand
In the neighboring Thailand, the earthquake shook the Greater Bangkok region, the home of about 17 million people, and other parts of the country.
The Bangkok city authorities said that six people have been found so far, 26 injuries, and 47 are still missing, most of them are from the construction site near the famous Chatuckak market in the capital.
On Saturday, more heavy equipment was brought to move tons of rubble, but hope was fading between friends and family members in the missing people who will be found alive.
“I was praying because they had survived, but when I got here and saw the ruin-where could they be? In what angle? Are they still alive? I am still praying because all the six are alive,” said Naromol Thongilk, who is 45 years old, and she was crying while she was waiting for news about her partner, which is from Myanmar, and five friends working on the site.
She said, “I cannot accept this. When I see this, I cannot accept this. I am an intimate friend there too.”
Waenphet Panta said she had not heard from her daughter Kanlaynee since a phone call about an hour before the earthquake. Her friend Kanlaynee told that he was working in the building on Friday.
“I pray my daughter safe, and she survived and that she is in the hospital,” said Kanliani’s father sitting next to him.
The Thai authorities said that the earthquake and subsequent tremors felt in most of the country’s provinces. Many places in the north have reported damage to residential buildings, hospitals and temples, including in Xiang May, but the only losses were reported in Bangkok
Myanmar sits on a big error line
Earthquakes are rare in Bangkok, but are relatively common in Myanmar. The country is on the mistake of the epic, which is a major mistake in the north and south that separates the Indian painting and the Sunda plate.
Brian Babti, the earthquake in the British geological survey, said that it seems that a section of 200 km (125 miles) of the mistake is a rupture for a little more than a minute, with a slip of up to 5 meters (16.4 feet) in places, causing an intense floor in an area that lives most of the population in buildings that are created from plural wood and non -falling tiles.
“When you have a large earthquake in an area where there are more than a million people, many of whom live in weak buildings, the consequences can often be catastrophic,” he said in a statement.
“From initial reports, this is likely to be the case here.”
Natural disaster at the top of the civil war
The Myanmar government said that the blood was high in demand in the most affected areas. In a country, the previous governments were sometimes slow to accept external aid, Main Ong Hinging said Myanmar is ready to accept external aid.
The Military in Myanmar seized power from the elected government in Aung San Suu Ki in February 2021, and is now involved in a bloody civil war with a long -term firm militia and a recently formed democracy.
The military forces continued their attacks even after the earthquake, with three air strikes in the northern state of Cayenne, also called the state of Karenini, and South Chan – both of them from Mandalay’s border state.
EUBANK told Associated Press that in the area where he was working, most villages were already destroyed by the army, so the earthquake had little impact.
He said: “People were in the woods and I was in the woods when the earthquake struck – it was strong, but the trees have just moved, this was for us, so we had no direct impact other than that the Burma army continued the attack, even after the earthquake.”
In Northon Chan, May Rocco, the editor of a militia member, may God bless him and grant him peace, said that an air strike on a village controlled by the rebels just minutes after the killing of seven militia members and wrapped five buildings, including a school.
Government forces have lost control of many Myanmar, and many incredibly dangerous places or impossible for relief groups to reach them. More than 3 million people were descended due to the fighting and about 20 million in need, according to the United Nations.
“Although a complete picture of the damage is still emerging, most of us have not seen such destruction,” said Haider Yakb, a country manager in Myanmar to the NGO plan, from Yangon.
“Undoubtedly, the human needs will be great.”
Rescue groups are heading to Myanmar
China and Russia are the largest arms suppliers to the Myanmar army, and it was among the first to take humanitarian aid.
China said it had sent more than 135 rescue personnel and experts as well as supplies such as medical groups and generators, and pledged about $ 13.8 million of humanitarian aid. The Russian Emergency Ministry said it flew in 120 rescue and supplies.
India also sent a search and rescue team, and a medical team and Malaysia said it would send 50 people on Sunday.
South Korea said it would save $ 2 million of humanitarian aid through international organizations, and the United Nations allocating $ 5 million to start relief efforts.
President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States will help in responding, but some experts were concerned about this effort given the deep discounts of his administration in foreign assistance.
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AP authors, Jerry Harmer and Grant Beck, in Bangkok, Simina Missariano in Taipei and Tong Hyung Kim in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this report.