Bangkok, Myanmar and earthquake
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Buildings have collapsed and people have been evacuated in the Thai capital, Bangkok, after earthquakes in neighbouring Myanmar early this morning UK time. The epicentre of the quakes was near the cit...
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Details of casualties and damage in Myanmar, which has been ravaged by a four-year-long civil war, were not immediately clear.
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Pedestrians were seen running for their lives after a building that was under construction is razed to the ground in the Thai capital, after the huge earthquake struck neighbouring Myanmar
Viewers in the vicinity of the tremors confirmed the news on social media and express their concerns for people in the area. "I’m in Bangkok now, the whole city swayed for a min or so. A sky scraper in construction completely collapsed.
People waited anxiously outside buildings after a high-rise building under construction in Bangkok collapsed when a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar midday on Friday, police said,