The rescuers fought for a second night to find survivors of the devastating earthquake of the Myanmar, who killed at least 1,644 people and injured thousands of others.
Teams with few protective equipment, sometimes using only their bare hands, rushed to release survivors from the rubble of countless buildings that were broken by the 7.7 Friday rude earthquake.
There was a brief moment of joy for exhausted emergencies while a 30 -year -old woman was saved alive after more than 30 hours trapped under an apartment building in Mandalay, the second city in Myanmar and one of the most affected areas.
Phyu Lay Khaig, who was out of the condominium of Sky Villa, a development of 12 floors, by the Cimette, was adopted by her husband, Ye Aung, and taken to the hospital, AFP reported. It is feared that more than 90 people remain trapped there.
In the neighboring governor of Bangkok Thailand, Chadchart Sittipunt, said that the search for construction workers on the site of a collapsed 30 -storey building in the capital would continue. “We think there are still survivors. We will do everything possible to save them,” he said on Saturday evening, adding that heavy machines, including cranes and diggers, were used to free up access to the site. The building fell to the ground during its construction near the city’s catuchak weekend market.
Dones and sniff dogs have been deployed to identify signs of life. At least 10 people died in Bangkok. Dozens of others are missing.
Myanmar’s power junta said in a statement that 1,644 people had now been found dead and 3,408 injured. Others still lack.
The head of the Junta of Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing, issued a rare appeal for international aid on Friday and declared the state of emergency in six regions of the country. AID began to arrive in Myanmar on Saturday with Russia and China, two of the few allies of the isolated junta, flying in rescue teams and supplies. India sent a research and rescue team and a medical team, and Malaysia said it would send 50 people on Sunday.
The response to the disaster is complicated not only by the communication failures and damaged roads, but also the conflict that seized the country since the soldiers grabbed power during a coup in 2021. The junta faced the obstinate army resistance to her reign, formed by a patchwork of groups, including civilians who have taken up arms to the return of democracy, and armed organizations and ethical that has long read for defense. He lost territories of territory and responded with relentless air strikes, which continued even after the devastating earthquake, including in Sagaing, near the epicenter.
The national director of the World Food Program, Michael Dunford, said that coordinating a response to the disaster would be “very difficult”. He added that it could be “days and weeks” before the real scale of damage to Myanmar was an assessment known by the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs, hospitals and health establishments had undergone “damaged or destruction”, adding that there was “a serious shortage of medical supplies”.
The main bridges, roads, universities, hotels, historic and religious sites and public buildings have also been strongly damaged or destroyed, according to the reports cited by Unicha.
The magnification earthquake of 7.7 of 7.7, which was followed a few minutes later by a replica of 6.7 coarse, was felt in the region, and is the biggest earthquake to strike myanmar in decades.
The head of the Myanmar junta invited “any country, any organization” to help relieve and said that he “had opened all ways for foreign aid”.
The junta has repeatedly been accused of blocked humanitarian aid to her opponents. The Norwegian Refugee Council said that “immediate and unhindered access for humanitarian workers” would be critical.
Saturday evening, many mandalay prepared to sleep outside during the night, either because their houses had collapsed, or they feared earthquakes that continued.
The disaster comes at a time when many aid agencies reduce their work following Trump cuts to the American agency for international development, a major donor. Trump said on Friday that the United States would help the response, although no concrete commitment has yet been announced.
The European Union said that it provided 2.5 million euros in initial emergency aid and estimated need to mobilize additional aid. The EU Crisis Management Commissioner Hadja Lahbib said that the EU “was united with the people of Myanmar and the wider region.”
The United Nations allocated $ 5 million to start rescue efforts, while the World Health Organization said that it was preparing to increase support in response to “a very, very great threat to life and health”.
