Myanmar earthquake death toll rises
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The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said Monday, as accounts of some people’s last moments emerged: Two hundred Buddhist monks crushed by a colla...
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The mission was to capture images that, combined with artificial intelligence technology, could help relief organizations quickly assess how many buildings had collapsed or were heavily damaged and w...
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Rescue teams in Myanmar and Thailand are searching for survivors after Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake that toppled buildings and damaged roads.
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A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga early Monday. The island nation felt six aftershocks but did not immediately report damage.
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The United Nations said it was rushing relief supplies to estimated 23,000 quake-hit survivors in central Myanmar.
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About 15 children's backpacks lie torn apart in the rubble - pink, blue and orange bags with books spilling out of them.Spiderman toys and letters of the alphabet are scattered among broken chairs, tables and garden slides at the remains of this preschool destroyed by the huge earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday.
Friday's deadly earthquake rattled most of Myanmar and Thailand but certain areas sustained the heaviest damage, including flattened buildings and many lost lives.
Thai authorities see "something suspicious" in Bangkok building collapse as earthquake devastation in Myanmar comes slowly into focus.
Three days after the quake, there are no U.S. teams on the ground in Myanmar, a stark illustration of how Trump has upended America’s role in disaster response.
A government spokesman told state-run MRTV that another 3,400 have been injured and more than 300 were missing.
A U.S. team has yet to arrive in Myanmar after last week’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake, while China has already rescued six people and committed $14 million in humanitarian aid.
Weak building codes and years of government unrest appear to have contributed to the devastation from the magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake, a leading seismic safety expert in the region said.The Friday earthquake originated near Mandalay,
Rescue workers, sniffer dogs, paramedics and millions of dollars in aid have begun arriving in Myanmar after a massive earthquake ravaged much of the war-torn country.
Heavy equipment pulled away rubble from the 30-story building in hopes of finding survivors among the 78 people still missing.