The toll from Myanmar\u2019s earthquake continued to rise on Sunday, as foreign rescue teams and aid rushed into the impoverished country, where hospitals were overwhelmed and some communities scrambled to mount rescue efforts with limited resources.<\/p>\n
The 7.7-magnitude quake, one of Myanmar\u2019s strongest in a century, jolted the war-torn Southeast Asian nation on Friday, leaving around 1,700 people dead, 3,400 injured and over 300 missing as of Sunday, the military government said.<\/p>\n
The junta chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, warned that the number of fatalities could go up and his administration faced a challenging situation, state media reported, three days after he made a rare call for international assistance.<\/p>\n
India, China and Thailand are among Myanmar\u2019s neighbours that have sent relief materials and teams, along with aid and personnel from Malaysia, Singapore and Russia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe destruction has been extensive, and humanitarian needs are growing by the hour,\u201d the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith temperatures rising and the monsoon season approaching in just weeks, there is an urgent need to stabilise affected communities before secondary crises emerge.\u201d<\/p>\n
The United States pledged $2 million in aid \u201cthrough Myanmar-based humanitarian assistance organisations\u201d and said in a statement that an emergency response team from USAID, which is undergoing massive cuts under the Trump administration, is deploying to Myanmar.<\/p>\n
The devastation has piled more misery on Myanmar, already in chaos from a civil war that grew out of a nationwide uprising after a 2021 military coup ousted the elected government of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.<\/p>\n
Critical infrastructure \u2014 including bridges, highways, airports and railways \u2014 across the country of 55 million lie damaged, slowing humanitarian efforts while the conflict that has battered the economy, displaced over 3.5 million people and debilitated the health system rages on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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