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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Rescue efforts from Myanmar's deadly earthquake wind down as death toll exceeds 3,500

Myanmar Southeast Asia Earthquake - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar’s devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down Monday, as rescue efforts were supplanted by increasing relief and recovery activity, with the death toll from the disaster surpassing 3,500 and still climbing.

In the capital, Naypyitaw, people cleared debris and collected wood from their damaged houses under drizzling rain, and soldiers removed wreckage at some Buddhist monasteries.

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