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- The Magnitude 7.7 earthquake was swinging Burma on Friday, killing more than 2,700 people, compiling a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war.
- The number of fatalities is expected to increase, but the earthquake has hit a wide part of the country, leaving many areas without electricity, telephone or cellular connections and damage to roads and bridges, leaving completely desolate relaxation that is difficult to evaluate.
- The World Health Organization said that more than 10,000 buildings in Burma were known to have been demolished or severely damaged. The earthquake also hit neighboring Thailand, causing a high -construction building to be demolished and buried by many workers.
Rescue workers saved the 63-year-old woman from the ruin of a building in the Burma capital on Tuesday, but hoped she faded to find many more survivors from A violent earthquake This was killed by more than 2,700 people, making a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war.
Naypyitawa fire brigade said the woman was successfully withdrawn from the ruin 91 hours after she was buried when the building collapsed in the Magnitude 7.7 earthquake, which hit the floor on Friday. Experts say that the likelihood of finding survivors falls dramatically after 72 hours.
The forecast of the number of death numbers
The leader of the Burme Military Government, the higher General Min Aung Hlaing, said at the Forum in Naypyitaw that 2,719 people had now been found dead, with 4521 people injured and 441 disappeared, said the Myanmar Western News Portal.
These figures are expected to increase, but the earthquake has hit a wide part of the country, leaving many areas without electricity, telephone or cellular connections and damage to roads and bridges, leaving completely desolate relaxation that is difficult to evaluate.
Most of the reports so far originate from Mandalay, the second largest city of Burma, which was near the epicent of the earthquake, and Naypyitaw.
“The needs are massive and grow on the hour,” said Julia Rees, UNICEF’s deputy representative for Burma.
Burmatic lifeguards work through the ruins of a demolished building after an earthquake on Friday at Naypyitawa in Burma, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo)
“The rescue response window closes. In the affected areas of the family, they face an acute deficiency of clean water, food and medical supplies.”
Burmana fire brigade said that 403 people had been saved in Mandalay, and 259 bodies have been found so far. Only in one incident, 50 Buddhist monks who passed the religious exam in the monastery were killed when the building collapsed, and another 150 are considered to be buried in the ruins.
Structural damage is extensive
The World Health Organization said it was known that more than 10,000 buildings were in demolition or severely damaged in the central and northwestern Burma.
Earthquake also swinging neighboring Thailandcausing a high building in construction to collapse and bury many workers.
Two bodies were drawn from the ruins on Monday and the other were taken out on Tuesday, but dozens were still missing. Overall, 21 people were killed and 34 wounded in Bangkok, primarily on a construction site.
In Burma, the efforts to search and rescue throughout the area briefly stopped at noon on Tuesday, while people stood a minute in silent tribute to the dead.
Efforts in relief moving on a disputed pace
Workers with foreign aid slowly assisted in saving efforts, but progress was still slow with a lack of heavy machines in many places.
In one place in Naypyitawa on Tuesday, workers formed a human chain, passing pieces of brick and concrete manually from the ruins of a demolished building.
The official global global new light in Burma on Tuesday reported that a team of Chinese lifeguards saved four people the day before the ruins of Sky Villa, a large housing complex that collapsed during an earthquake. They included a five -year -old and a pregnant woman who had been trapped for more than 60 hours.
The same publication also reported that two teenagers were able to crawl from the ruins of the same building to where rescue crews worked, using mobile lamps to help lead them. Rescue workers could then use details from what they told them to find their grandparents.
International rescue teams from several countries are at the scene, including from Russia, China, India, United Arab Emirates and several Southeast Asia countries. The US Embassy said the American team had been sent but had not yet arrived.
Auxiliary promises that are poured as officials alert to the risk of the outbreak of the disease
In the meantime, more countries have pledged millions in helping to help Burma and humanitarian aid organization with a monumental task in front.
Even before the earthquake, more than 3 million people were displaced from their homes with a brutal civil war of Burma, and almost 20 million were needed, according to the UN
Many have already lacked basic medical care and standard vaccinations, and the destruction of water and sanitary infrastructure with an earthquake increases the risk of disease outbreak, the UN -O Bureau of Humanitarian Coordination.
“Moving thousands to overcrowded shelters, together with the destruction of water and sanitary infrastructure, a significant increase in the risk of infectious diseases,” Ocha said in his latest report.
“Vulgence on respiratory infections, skin diseases, vector diseases such as dengue fever and diseases that can be performed with a vaccine like measles escalate,” he added.
The appearance of a monsoon season also cares
The shelter is also the main problem, especially with the monsoon of the season.
Of the earthquakes, many people sleep outside, either because the houses are destroyed or are out of fear of tightening.
Civil War complicates relief from a disaster
The Burma’s army seized power in 2021 from the Democratic Selected Government of Aung San Suu Kyi, launching what turned into a significant armed resistance and brutal civil war.
Government forces lost control of most of the Burma, and many places were dangerous or impossible for help groups to reach for help even before the earthquake.
Military attacks and those from some of the Antiqual groups did not stop after the earthquake, although the opposition government in the shadows called a unilateral dedication fire for their forces.
The Burmese government denies the claims that they killed 76 villagers
Nug, who was founded by the chosen legislators who were overthrown in 2021, called to the international community to ensure that humanitarian aid be delivered directly to the victims of the earthquake, calling for “alertness against any attempts of military junta to divert or interfere with humanitarian aid.”
“We are in the race against time to save life,” Nug said in a statement.
“Every obstruction of these efforts will have devastating consequences, not just because of The influence of earthquakes But also because of the constant brutality of Hunt, which actively interferes with the assistance of rescue. “
It was not immediately clear whether the army interfered with humanitarian aid. In the past, he initially refused to allow in foreign rescue teams or many emergency supplies after the Nargis cyclone in 2008, resulting in more than 100,000 deaths. Even after it enabled foreign help, it was with serious limitations.
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In this case, however, Min Aung Hlaing, it was pointed out on the day of the earthquake that the country would accept external assistance.
Tom Andrews, a monitor on the rights in Burma ordered by the UN Human Rights Council, said on Xu that in order to facilitate assistance, military attacks must stop.
“The focus in Burma must be saving for life, not getting them,” he said.
