Neighboring countries today sent to Myanmar Warships and airplanes carrying essentials and rescue staff after the deadly earthquake
Richter 7.7 caused major disasters in most of this poor country of Southeast Asia, and rescue workshops continue to fight over time in debris for survivors.
According to the latest report, at least 1,700 people have lost their lives and 3,400 have been injured by the 7.7 -magnitude earthquake on Friday, one of the strongest in Myanmar for a century, according to the country’s military government. At the same time, more than 300 are missing, with the number of victims of the deadly earthquake expected to rise dramatically in the coming hours.
“All military and political hospitals, as well as healthcares, must work together and effectively to ensure an effective medical response,” said Junta leader Mini Aung Hlating, according to state media.
Fears for 10,000 dead from the earthquake
US USGS Geological Services forecasts estimate that the death toll can reach 10,000 and damage can exceed the country’s annual GDP.
The earthquake shook parts of neighboring Thailand, causing a skyscraper to collapse and killed 17 people in the capital, according to Thai authorities. At least 78 people remain trapped under the ruins of the building.
The worst natural disaster in Myanmar for years has destroyed critical infrastructure, including an airport, motorways and bridges, slowing humanitarian enterprises, according to the United Nations.
‘No help, no rescuer’
The earthquake struck a country already in chaos with a civil war that has escaped after the 2021 military coup that overturned the elected government of Nobel Prize -winning Aung like you and triggered armed uprising across the country.
Conflicts have hit the main rural economy of Myanmar, have led to the displacement of at least 3.5 million people and have dissolved necessary services, such as health.
The opposition government of national unity, which includes members of the previous government, said that its militias against the junta will stop all aggressive military actions for two weeks from today.
“The National Unity Government, along with the forces of resistance and cooperating civil society organizations, will conduct rescue operations,” he said in a statement.
In some of the most affected areas of the country, residents have told Reuters that government support is minimal so far, so people have to go beyond themselves. The entire city of Shangling, close to the focus of the earthquake, was destroyed, resident Han Zin said.
“What we see here is extensive disaster – many buildings have been leveled,” he said by phone, adding that most of the city remains without electricity after the earthquake and drinking water is over. “We have not received any help, and we do not see any rescuers.”
On the other side of the Irauvan river, in Mandalai, a rescuer said that most businesses in the country’s second largest city are carried out by small, self -organized groups of residents who do not have the required equipment.
“We are approaching the collapsing buildings, but some structures remain unstable as we work,” he said, asking not to be named because of security concerns.
Outdoor hospital
There are fears that dozens of people remain trapped under buildings that collapsed all over Mandalai, but most of them cannot reach the rescue workshops or take them out without heavy machinery, as another humanitarian worker said.
“People are still trapped in buildings, (rescuers) cannot get them out,” said one resident who asked not to be named.
Hospitals in areas of central and northwestern Myanmar, including Mandalai and Shangaging, are trying to cope with the mass influx of wounded, according to the UN Humanitarian Coordination Office.
India, China and Thailand are some of the neighboring countries that have sent essentials and rescue workshops, along with help and staff from Malaysia, Singapore and Russia.
An Indian military aircraft carried out many exits to Myanmar yesterday, Saturday, carrying, among other things, supplies and investigations and rescue crews to Nai Pau, the capital, parts of which have been destroyed by the earthquake.
The Indian Army will help to set up an outdoor hospital in Mandalai, and two warships carrying supplies are heading to the Myanmar Commercial Capital, Yangun, as reported by Indian Foreign Minister Subrachmaniam Jaisankar.
Many Chinese rescue teams arrived in the country, including one that crossed the border from the Chinese southwestern province of Yunnan, the Chinese embassy said on social media.
A group of 78 Singapore rescuers, along with rescue dogs, is currently attempting in Mandalai, according to state -run media media.
Source: RES-EIA