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The military government declared the emergency and applied for blood donation as the number of deaths from an earthquake in Myanmar passed one thousand
Janta said 1,222 people were killed and 2,76 were injured and five were injured, the other five were missing. Myanmar State media, though these figures are expected to grow. The earthquake caused at least six deaths in Thailand, where there were more than 5 disappearances after the capital bank collapsed.
Its center 7.7-magnitude earthquake The second largest city in Myanmar was with a population of 1.5 million and about 20 km at a depth of 10 km. This was followed by two dozen aftershocks, with 12 minutes after the first of the first with a 6.4 magnitude earthquake.
“The casualties are expected to increase further,” said Janta leader General Min Aung Hlaing at the end of Friday. “In some areas, buildings have collapsed and we are still conducting rescue activities.”
He applied for “as much support as possible for the ongoing rescue effort”.
At a press briefing on Friday evening, President Donald Trump described the earthquake as “horror” and said that the United States would help Myanmar without detail.
His comments came the same day that the State Department formally informed the Congress that it would stop the US company for international development, which usually played an important role in disaster relief.
European Commission President Ursula von der Lane and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also supported when the UN allocated $ 5 million and the EU € 2.5 million for immediate relief efforts. South Korea has also promised $ 2 million with assistance through international aid groups.
The earthquake, which was the most powerful 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye and SyriaChina’s Yunnan and Sichuan Province, Vietnam and Bangladesh were felt across this region.
The US Geological Survey assumed that the number of deaths in Myanmar could exceed 10,000 on its modeling, because “high casualties and widespread damage are possible and disasters are probably broad”.
It has added that economic loss can be higher than the country’s GDP, which stands at $ 66.76 billion in 2021, the World Bank said.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the United Nations, especially in Myanmar, “is united to help the needy people”, which he said is “a weak country in this current situation”.
Videos and images on social media are the Historic Tihasik capital of Myanmar, where the temples were destroyed, the royal palace was damaged and a 90 -year -old bridge was broken, there was widespread destruction. The cracks on the highway spread to the most populous city Yangon.
Chinese state media reported that China has sent RMB 100 MN ($ 14 million) emergency assistance and has sent rescue teams from Beijing and southwestern Yunnan province to Myanmar. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a previous statement that it was not reported to the death of Chinese citizens.
According to the state news agency TASS, Russia has also sent two rescue and medical staff planes, including the K -9 team.
Disaster has occurred as Myanmar Covered by a civil war Since a coup of 2021, the elected government of the Nobel Peace Prize has been inspired.
The northern part of the country near the center of the earthquake has been particularly strictly damaged by fighting between military and armed democratic and ethnic minority groups. According to the United Nations, about 3.5 million people are internally displaced.
The military has strictly controlled access to data, establishing internet control and suppressing local media, while Western sanctions have disintegrated the country and throtold in its economy.
Elon Mask’s satellite Internet Network Starlink says it is preparing to provide equipment to support “contact and relief effort” for official approval. Local media reports that the system is not licensed in Myanmar, but armed resistance groups have used it to avoid government Internet control.
Myanmar also has concern about access to humanitarian relief efforts, where military governments have restricted international assistance to disaster victims, according to the rights group, with the cyclone mocha in 2021 and the cyclone Nargis, which killed more than 5,7.
In a statement, the head of the Myanmar Federica Franco Madekins Sans Sans Frontieres said the situation was “incredibly challenging” to reach such people, not just to get information, but to physically help.
He also added that “due to ongoing conflict” was a blackout of significant communication in the case of several hard injuries.
17MN’s Thai capital Bangkok was returning to normal on Saturday morning, the businesses were open again and the monks rode for the morning begging.
Most of the metro and light rail services started again, as somewhat disrupted, but the aircraft from the city airports.
The worst damage to the city came from the center of the earthquake Miles 5 miles, breaking the 4 -storey building and catching dozens of workers.
Natanan (2 27) was at the place of the collapse on Friday night, who wanted his father’s news, who worked as a foreman. “I’m still waiting for hope,” he told the Financial Times.
Additional Report by William Langley in Guangzhou
