Dramatic are the scenes that unfold in the Myanmar after the murder earthquake A 7.7 -magnitude Richter scale that hit the country last Friday (28.03.25), with the number of dead rising dramatically, while hundreds of people remain missing.
Yesterday Wednesday the Japan Embassy in Myanmar announced via Facebook that the death toll from the earthquake -mammoth arrived 3.003while others 4,515 people have been injured and 351 are missing.
At a time when hundreds of people are still missing, unusual rainfall in the country are foreseen, which may make the task of rescue and distribution.
The 7.7 -magnitude earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday was the strongest that has been in the region for a century.
Six areas of the country where 28 million people live are the most affected, with buildings collapsed, entire communities have been leveled and residents have left without food, water and accommodation.
Meanwhile meteorologists warn that unusual rainfalls are expected from Sunday and 11 AprilMyanmar in areas that are particularly affected by the earthquake, such as Mandaley, Shagating and Naipidau.
‘Rain comes and still too many people remain buried»In the wreckage he said a rescuer. ‘And especially in Mandaley, if it starts to rain, People who are trapped will drowneven if they had survived so far, “he added.
In its post, the Japanese Embassy added that so far they have been held 53 flights to transfer help to Myanmarwhile More than 1,900 rescuers They have been sent to the country by 15 states, including China, India and Russia.
In the meantime the junta leader MinA Aung Hlating He will go to Bangkok today to discuss the response to the earthquake at the Buddhist Gulf Initiative on Multipurpose Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec), which includes Bangladesh, Butan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Nepal, Nepal.
New challenges
Rainfall will make it difficult for the work of the services of relief and rescuers, who have already requested to gain access without obstacles to all the affected areas of the country that is broken by civil war.
The army finds it difficult to rule Myanmar after its coup in February 2021. In addition, the civil war that has erupted in the country – where dozens of armed groups of ethnic minorities and political opponents of the junta are actively posted – It has caused a strong blow to the economy and has pushed basic services to the brink of collapse.
Yesterday MRTV State TV network reported that junta preached a ceasefire of fire In its operations against the rebels, which will take effect immediately and will take 20 days. The aim is to support efforts to relieve the effects of the earthquake. However, the military warned that they would respond “in the appropriate way” if the rebels launched attacks.
Nearly a week after the earthquake rescuers in neighboring Thai They are still looking for survivors under a mountain debrisafter the collapse of a 30 -storey building under construction in Bangkok.
Rescuers use bulldozers and excavators trying to break 100 tonnes of cement to detect any survivors. 15 workers have been found dead so far, and 72 are still missing.
The total number of dead in Thailand It is 22.