Visitors walk near the damaged monastery Maha Aungmye Bonzan, commonly known as the monastery of Me Nu Brick, the day after Friday’s earthquake in Innwa, canton of Tada-U, Mandalay, Myanmar on Friday.
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Bangkok – The people of the areas struck by Myanmar earthquakes prepared for thunderstorms on Sunday evening, after heavy rain and winds of the previous night, disrupted rescue and rescue operations and added to the misery of the many who lost their homes in the disaster and were forced to sleep in the open air.
The MRTV of Myanmar State reported on Sunday evening which dispersed the showers and possible thunderstorms across the country for next week.
“It is advisable to the public to be aware of the possibility of premature rain accompanied by strong winds, lightning, hail and landslides,” said MRTV. Diurnal temperatures should reach 38 degrees Celsius C (100 degrees fahrenheit) in the middle of the week.
The epicenter of the 7.7 magnitude quake on March 28 was near Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar. He struck a large strip of the country, causing significant damage to six regions and states, including the capital Naycyitaw.
Major-General Zaw Min Tun, spokesperson for the military government, told journalists in an audio message on Sunday that 3,564 people had been confirmed so far, with 5,012 others injured and 210 disappeared.
The earthquake has left many electricity without electricity, telephone or cellular connections and damaged roads and bridges, hampering damage assessments.
An official of the Myanmar Rescue Federation (Mandalay) told the Associated Press on Sunday that rescuers should temporarily stop electrical equipment and machines used in research operations due to rain on Saturday and Sunday, which makes work more difficult but not stopping it.
The manager, who spoke under the cover of anonymity because he was afraid of being arrested by the army for having spoken without authorization, said that the rescuers would continue research operations despite the possibility of more rain.
Another rescuer working in Mandalay, in the same way speaking under the cover of anonymity, said that the rain and the strong winds had caused the collapse of certain buildings, causing new difficulties to those looking for shelter.
The Irrawaddy, an online information site from Myanmar operating in exile, reported that at least 80 corpses had been found in the wreckage of the Great Wall Hotel in Mandalay after the removal of the walls and the rubble on Sunday afternoon. His report could not be confirmed immediately.
On Sunday, the Myanmar fire services department said in a statement that rescuers had recovered five bodies of the collapsed buildings in Mandalay.
Myanmar has had a military government since February 2021, when the army has ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. He did not tolerate any criticism and embarked on a civil war against the pro-democracy resistance forces and the armies of the ethnic minority guerrillas.
The earthquake has left many electricity -free areas, telephone or cellular connections and damaged roads and bridges, which makes the full expanse of devastation difficult to assess.
The Military Government of Myanmar said that 5,223 buildings, 1,824 schools, 2,752 Buddhist monastery life districts, 4,817 pagodas and temples, 167 hospitals and clinical, 169 bridges, 198 dams and 184 sections of the country’s main highway were damaged by the earthquake.
