Democratic senators said in a letter that the administration was failing its first test of humanitarian aid as China and Russia send teams to help.

As U.S. experts head to Myanmar to assist in recovery from the Southeast Asia earthquake, teams from China are filling the void.

The US has been accused of not doing enough to help Myanmar due to the shuttering of its humanitarian aid agency.

A 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar at 14:20 on Friday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). Strong tremors were felt across many places in Yunnan Province bordering Myanmar,

Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country's massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the Trump administration's dismantling of foreign aid affects its disaster response.

The Trump administration’s shuttering of the decades-old U.S. Agency for International Development has halted foreign aid efforts around the globe.

Myanmar was struck by the most devastating earthquake in its history. The disaster reduced much of Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, to rubble.