Bangkok – International aid began to reach Myanmar on Saturday, while rescuers looked for the survivors after a A strong earthquake destroyed the nation of Southeast Asia Amid fears that the dead number will rise.
The military government said that the death toll in Myanmar jumped to 694, with 1670 injuries.
The military council said in a statement issued by the government media: “The infrastructure such as roads, bridges and buildings has been affected, which has led to civilian injuries and injuries. Search and rescue operations are currently being carried out in affected areas.”
On Friday, the leader of the Military Council, General Min Aung Hang, warned of more deaths and injuries when he called “any country” to provide assistance and donations.
A Chinese rescue team arrived on Saturday, while Russia and the United States provided the disaster, which struck lunch at Friday and hundreds of buildings were damaged in neighboring Thailand.
The predictive modeling of the United States’s geological survey was estimated that the number of deaths may exceed 10,000 people in Myanmar, and that losses may be greater than the value of the country’s gross domestic product.
Susan Hug, a Usgs earthquake program, told Reuters that it was difficult to predict the death of the earthquake, for various reasons, including timing.
When the earthquake strikes during the day, as happened with earthquakes of 7.7 in Myanmar, “People are awake, they have their intelligence, they are more able to respond,” she said.
Hug, who worked in Myanmar on the local seismology network, said the country’s mixture of modern structures and traditional buildings will also play a role. She said traditional buildings “will be less fatal than concrete.”
International aid arrives
Many of Destruction He was in the second largest city in Myanmar, Mandalay, near center From the earthquake.
In the Thai capital, Bangkok, the rescue mission rose 620 miles from the rescue center on Saturday to find building workers trapped under the rubble of the 33 -storey tower.
The Chinese embassy said at a Facebook post that a 37 -year -old team from China landed in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, early on Saturday, carrying medicine and equipment to discover the signs of life with them.
Russia said it is sending 120 experienced rescuers as well as doctors and research dogs, government news agency TASS said.
President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had spoken with Myanmar officials and that his administration would provide a form of assistance.
Search for survivors in Thailand
The Thai authorities said that nine people died and 101 were missing in Bangkok, most of them workers trapped in the ruins of the collapsed tower.
“We will do everything, and we will not give up rescuing lives, and we will use all resources,” said the governor of Bangkok Chadshart Sitybont on Saturday.
The Thai capital stopped on Friday, and Chadkart said that hundreds of people spent tonight in the city’s gardens, but said the situation was improving.
