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Rains add to misery in quake-hit Myanmar as death toll rises to 3,471

People at a shelter in a makeshift tent camp near a railway track, following a strong earthquake in Amarapura township, Myanmar, April 4, 2025 [Stringer/Reuters]

Heavy rains have lashed parts of earthquake-hit Myanmar, complicating relief efforts and raising the risk of disease as the death toll from the powerful quakes that struck the country on March 28 rose to at least 3,471.

Aid workers in the hard-hit city of Mandalay, near the epicentre of the earthquake, said on Sunday that rains and winds hit tent camps in the area overnight and in the morning, soaking survivors and their belongings.

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