Replicas and air strikes hit Myanmar
More than 1,600 people were confirmed dead in Myanmar during the weekend, and more than 3,000 were injured in the worst earthquake to hit the country for more than a century. Here is a map of damage and images from the region.
Yesterday, a replica struck Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar, near the epicenter of the initial earthquake, reversing several buildings which had already survived. Many fear for the missing, whose chances are falling strongly after this evening, when a 72 -hour crucial survival window ends.
In the midst of natural destruction, the military junta during the weekend continued a brutal bombing campaign. A long civil war has ravaged the country, leaving nearly 20 million people needing shelters and food even before the earthquake, according to the UN
Power: Experts say that the earthquake could change the trajectory of civil war. The Arakan army, a powerful rebellious group, has gained control of large parts of the state of Rakhine. He could use this moment to take the south of the country of the military.
Help: The support of other countries is coming, but doubts have remained on how the Myanmar army would distribute the essential relief.
“They have long history of the use of aid as a weapon,” American ambassador at Myanmar from 2016 from 2016 told 2020.
Thailand: The earthquake sent a building to Bangkok crashed on the ground, killing at least 11 people.
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