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Survivors still being found after Myanmar's earthquake but military attacks could harm relief effortRescuers pulled two men alive from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar's capital early Wednesday, but most teams were finding only bodies five days after a massive earthquake hit, and concerns were growing that continued military attacks on resistance forces could jeopardize relief efforts.
Some survivors filmed their ordeal as they waited to be rescued, trapped in tiny pockets of air between slabs of broken concrete.
Buildings in Myanmar are continuing to collapse five days after a powerful earthquake struck the country, creating perilous conditions for rescuers as they attempt to extricate survivors from the rubble.
The military government has made a rare appeal for help, but aid groups are hampered by infrastructure damage and an ongoing civil war.
Extreme heat and heavy rain in Myanmar could cause disease outbreaks among earthquake survivors camping in the open, global aid bodies warned on Thursday.
True scale of disaster caused by 7.7-magnitude earthquake may take days to emerge as countries around the world pledge support
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Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar's capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,
New tremors rattled survivors of Friday’s earthquake, which killed more than 1,600 people, while the government continued its bombing campaign elsewhere in the country.
Specialist teams from the NDRF are deployed across 13 buildings under the 'Sector D' rescue strategy in Mandalay, working under challenging conditions in the search for survivors.
Aftershocks rattle Mandalay as rescuers search for survivors in Myanmar quake Hla-Hla Htay, with Montira Rungjirajittranon in Bangkok AFP Mar 29, 2025