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Rains add to misery in quake-hit Myanmar as death toll rises to 3,471 | Earthquakes News

The heavy rains escaped parts of Myanmar that struck the earthquake, which complicated Relief efforts The risk of developing the disease increased, as the number of dead earthquakes that struck the country on March 28 increased to at least 3471.

The relief workers in the difficult city of Mandalaay, near the earthquake center, said on Sunday that the rain and winds struck the camps in the area overnight, and in the morning, the survivors and their properties soak.

More rain attacks were expected later in the day, while temperatures were also expected to start to 37 ° C (98 ° F).

“The weather is very extreme,” said Ton Tone, a specialist in the United Nations Development Program at Agence France -Presse.

Relief agencies have warned against combining unreasonable rain and severe heat that could cause disease outbreaks, including cholera, between the survivors of the earthquake, who swept into the open.

the Size 7.7 earthquake A wide range of Myanmar struck the home of 50 million people, causing severe damage to six regions and countries, including the capital, Naibidao.

She left many areas without energy, phone, mobile phone connections, and damaged roads and bridges, which makes the full range of destruction to be evaluated. A terrible humanitarian crisis has also worsened already caused by the civil war in the country, which internally blocked more than three million people and left nearly 20 million people, according to the United Nations.

Government media in the military -led country now says that the earthquake caused 3471 deaths and 4,671 people were injured, while 214 are still missing.

It has harmed about 5223 buildings, 1824 schools, 4,817 temples and temples, 167 clinics, 169 bridges, 198 dams and 184 parts of the main highway in the country.

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People are sent through the ruins of a collapsed building in Mandalay on April 5, 2025, after the earthquake [Zaw Htun/AFP]

“Shock and afraid”

The damage was particularly severe in the city of Malaga near the earthquake center, as well as in Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar.

Tom Fletcher, head of the United Nations aid, in Mandalay, described the scale of the damage as a “epic” and said the survivors, who “are shocked and fear”, and need food, water, shelter and electricity urgently.

In a video posted on X, Fletcher indicated that the earthquake brought destruction to societies that were already in a crisis. He said, “It is a double crisis.” “It is an earthquake, in addition to the conflict, in addition to the huge current needs.”

He pointed out that the final tremors continued in the area more than a week after the earthquake. The United States’s geological survey said the 4.7 earthquake was south of Mandalay late on Friday.

Although the Military government of Myanmar, led by the Supreme General Min Aung Hulang, who seized power in a coup in February 2021, the overthrow of the civil government in Aung San Suu Ki, An temporary ceasefire announced On Wednesday, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday that the army was restricting aid in areas that did not support its rule.

The United Nations agency also said it was investigating the reported military attacks against opponents, including after a ceasefire.

Ferma Rangers, a relief group, told a Reuters news agency on Saturday that the army had dropped the bombs in the state of Karenie and Shan on Thursday and Friday despite the ceasefire, killing at least five people.

Among the civilian victims, according to the founder of the group, David Yubank, who said there was at least seven military attacks since the ceasefire.

There was no immediate comment from the army on allegations.

He launched a assistance team in the United States

Myanmar’s neighbors, such as China, India and South Asia, have sent relief supplies and rescue men over the past week to the country, while the United States-which until recently had pledged to the world’s best human donor-has pledged at least $ 9 million to support earthquake societies.

The current and former US officials say that the dismantling of the country’s foreign aid program has affected its response.

Maria Wong, a former US Agency for International Development, told Reuters that three US agency workers in international development who traveled to Myanmar after the earthquake was told that they were being left.

“This team works incredibly hard, focuses on obtaining humanitarian aid for those in need. To get news about your imminent ending – how can it not be frustrated?” Wong said.

Wong said that the American International Development Agency workers sleep in the streets in the earthquake area, adding that their termination would be in effect within a few months.

In the neighboring Thailand, at the same time, the authorities said that the death of the country from the earthquake had risen to 24. Among these, 17 died at the site of the skyscraper under the construction in the capital, Bangkok. 77 others are still missing.

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Search operations continue at night, where the Thai authorities are searching for survivors trapped in the wreckage of a collapsing building in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 5, 2025 [Daniel Ceng/Anadolu]



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2025-04-06 09:52:00

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