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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Before and after satellite images show extent of devastation left by 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar

Rescuers are racing against time to save people trapped under debris after a massive earthquake left an ocean of devastation in civil-war torn Myanmar last week.

The death toll in last week's 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar near its second-largest city of Mandalay rose to 2,719, with more than 3,900 injured and about 270 missing. It damaged the city's airport, buckled roads and collapsed hundreds of buildings along a wide swath down the country's centre.

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