The Thai capital, Bangkok, was paralyzed on Friday (28) after a strong earthquake hit the city. At least nine people died in Thailand amid the damage left by the tremor.
All urban train systems were suspended and the roads were blocked in Bangkok. The city recorded magnitude tremors up to 7.1, more than 1000 kilometers from Epicenter, in the neighboring country Myanmar.
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Foreign tourists had to leave their hotels and mingled with the crowd of office staff taken from skyscrapers in Bangkok commercial districts. The residents and visitors looked in shock with the earthquake that made the buildings swing.
Huge crowds gathered outside hotels, offices and luxurious malls, and were removed from the high buildings by the security team. Many were directed to the extensive Lumpini Park after warnings of secondary tremors.
“I ran from the 7th floor of a mall, there was a chaos. The scene looked like the end of the world. People shouted and ran to get somewhere,” said Professor Yupadee Anjan, 34, who took refuge in the park.
“There were sounds of sirens playing constantly … It made me scared, so I tried to walk to the park as fast as I could.”
Streets Locked
Shared videos on social media showed water running down the sides of the 37 -story Intercontinental Hotel, when the tremors emptied the roof pool.
City officials of more than 11 million inhabitants received 169 calls reporting damage to buildings by late afternoon at the local time. Temporary shelters were assembled all over the city for people who could not access their homes.
Buses were crowded, the motorcycles disputed centimeters to transit and the sidewalks were crowded with workers who tried in vain to call taxis, with traffic stopped.
Some residents had to leave their vehicles and walk home.
“I just understood the term ‘real disaster victim” today… first and last time, please, ”posted on social networks one that had to walk kilometers to his home
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt ordered four of the city’s biggest parks to be open all night long and provide food, water and refuge for thousands of people who could not return home.
Among them was Natcha, who was camped in Lumpini Park until late at night. She said she was afraid to go back to her 10th floor office.
“When the earthquake happened and the tremor was more intense, I was not sure if I would survive,” said Natcha, who did not want to give his full name.
“The tremor was very intense.”
This content was originally published in after earthquake, the capital of Thailand is paralyzed amid fear and chaos on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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