Help groups in Mianmar’s hardest affected areas have stated that there is an urgent need for shelter, food and water after an earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, also claiming that the country’s civil war can prevent help from reaching the needy.
The death toll reached 2,719 and is expected to increase to more than 3,000, Mianmar’s military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, said in a televised speech on Tuesday (1st). According to him, at least 4,521 people were injured and 441 were missing.
The 7.7 magnitude earthquake, which occurred around lunchtime on Friday (28), was the strongest to reach the country of Southeast Asia in over a century, overthrowing old temples and modern buildings.
In neighboring Thailand, rescue teams continued to look for life in the rubble of a collapsed skyscraper in the capital Bangkok, but acknowledged that time was against them.
In the Mandalay area in Myanmar, 50 children and two teachers died when the preschool collapsed, the United Nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs said.
“In the most affected areas … communities struggle to meet their basic needs, such as access to clean water and sanitation, while emergency teams work tirelessly to locate survivors and provide help to save lives,” the UN organ reported in a report.
This content was originally published from 2,700 the number of dead in Myanmar after earthquake, says authority on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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