UN urges relief efforts in Myanmar as earthquake death toll rises
The confirmed death toll from last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 3,455, as U.N. agencies and foreign aid ...
US earthquake safety relies on federal employees’ expertise
The US experiences violent earthquakes, but the damage and death toll is much lower than in many countries because of the ...
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UNHCR seeks funding to scale up support to Myanmar’s quake survivors
As part of the inter-agency response to the earthquake, UNHCR is co-leading the response on shelter, emergency relief items, camp coordination and protection. The agency is mobilizing supplies from ...
Miracle rescues offer hope, days after deadly Myanmar earthquake
Two survivors have been pulled from under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Myanmar, more than five days after the country ...
The Brutal War Complicating Myanmar’s Quake Response
Last week’s violent earthquakes tore through a part of the country that had already borne the brunt of a brutal campaign by ...
Myanmar's military declares a ceasefire as earthquake deaths pass 3,000
The surprise announcement by the unelected government said the halt in fighting would run until April 22 to show compassion ...
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Myanmar earthquake
A massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on 28 March with its epicentre near the country’s second largest city of Mandalay, resulting in widespread loss of life, injury and ...
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Catholic Relief Services responds to Myanmar earthquake disaster
Hospitals are overwhelmed, and people are sleeping out on the streets, anywhere they can, in fields and playgrounds and ...
How Myanmar’s Junta—and Ongoing Civil War—Complicates the Nation’s Earthquake Recovery
Here’s what to know about the challenges from the natural disaster—compounded by ongoing civil war—and where the country ...