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AI and satellites help aid workers respond to Myanmar earthquake damage

Just after sunrise on Saturday, a satellite set its long-range camera on the city of Mandalay in Myanmar, not far from the epicenter of Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Southeast Asian county’s second-largest city

The Independent UK

‘We were the lucky ones’, says Burmese student after home damaged in earthquake

Aung Kaung Myat was unable to contact his parents for several hours when he first heard the news of the earthquake on Friday.

Evening Standard

Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 2,000, as health system ‘overwhelmed’

WHO warns there is urgent need for care capacity, while US agency says number of dead could eventually exceed 10,000

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“Angels”: Nurses Go Viral For Risking Their Lives To Protect Newborns During Myanmar Earthquake

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Myanmar earthquake: China and others step into aid gap left by Trump cuts

US president accused of blowing up country’s ability to respond to disasters by removing funding

The Guardian - AU

Aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake – a visual guide

The 7.7 magnitude quake on Friday wrought destruction across central areas of the country, including the capital

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar earthquake death toll surpasses 2,000 amid worsening humanitarian crisis

Myanmar, where an ongoing civil war began in 2021, was already one of the most challenging places in the world for aid organisations to operate in.

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Myanmar’s devastating earthquake captured in before-and-after satellite images

Satellite imagery shows the destruction caused by a devastating earthquake in Myanmar, which has killed at least 1,700 people in the country alone as of Sunday, 30 March according to figures from the military-run government.

The Independent UK

Families awaits news of missing workers at Bangkok collapsed building site

When the earthquake that hit Myanmar sent its aftershocks to Thailand, Naruemon Thonglek and Chanpen Kaewnoi didn’t immediately hear it also had collapsed a high-rise building under construction in Bangkok, where their friends and families had been working

The Independent UK

Kerry Katona narrowly avoided Bangkok earthquake

Kerry Katona has revealed she narrowly avoided being caught up in the earthquake which struck Bangkok, Thailand and killed more than 1,700 people in neighbouring Myanmar on Friday (28.03.25).

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Thai Authorities Probe Collapse At Quake-hit Construction Site

Authorities in Thailand are investigating possible factors that led to the devastating collapse of a Bangkok construction site, where dozens remained missing on Monday, three days after a massive earthquake centred in Myanmar.

International Business Times

Bangkok to review quake safety after collapse of high-rise leaves dozens missing

The governor of Bangkok says authorities are investigating why a high-rise under construction collapsed during an earthquake Friday that otherwise caused limited damage in the Thai capital

The Independent UK

Tears In Taiwan For Relatives Hit By Myanmar Quake

As images of destroyed buildings in earthquake-hit Myanmar flashed across her television screen in Taiwan, Yang Bi-ying could only weep for her family there.

International Business Times

'Devastated': Relatives Await News From Bangkok Building Collapse

Three days after a Bangkok skyscraper collapsed in the wake of a devastating earthquake in neighbouring Myanmar, Naruemol Thonglek is still praying that her boyfriend will emerge from the immense pile of rubble where the building once stood.

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‘I stopped counting after three’: the ‘girl sniper’ fighting on the frontline of Myanmar’s civil war

The country’s drawn out conflict has seen children recruited as soldiers on all sides. At the age of 18, Anina is a seasoned fighter with a feared reputation in her all-male resistance unit

The Independent UK

Survivors pulled from rubble 60 hours after Myanmar quake

Survivors continue to be pulled from Myanmar earthquake rubble 60 hours after disaster

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar healthcare facilities overwhelmed, WHO says, and scale of earthquake deaths and injuries ‘not fully understood’ – as it happened

World Health Organization issues flash appeal for $8m of emergency support amid frantic search for survivors

International Business Times

Prayers And Tears For Eid In Quake-hit Mandalay

Hundreds of grieving Muslims gathered for Eid prayers in the street in Mandalay on Monday, the death and destruction of Myanmar's huge earthquake casting a pall of anguish over the occasion.

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The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: How a devastating natural disaster has been made worse by Myanmar’s brutal civil war

In today’s newsletter: With time running out to find survivors of Friday’s earthquake, Myanmar’s ruling junta continues air strikes and controls aid distribution

The Guardian - AU

Myanmar earthquake: woman trapped for days pulled alive from the rubble

Brief moment of relief as rescue workers carry a woman from the rubble of a hotel in Mandalay after a five-hour operation

The Independent UK

Survivors continue to be pulled from Myanmar earthquake rubble 60 hours after disaster

Four survivors were pulled from a collapsed school and one from a hotel as rescue missions continue

The Independent UK

Deaths from devastating earthquake in Myanmar climb past 1,700

The death toll from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Myanmar has risen to more than 1,700 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble

The Guardian - AU

Myanmar earthquake: What we know so far

Rescuers pull a woman from the rubble three days after the quake, raising hopes of more survivors. Here’s what we know so far

International Business Times

Rescue Hopes Fading Three Days After Deadly Myanmar Quake

Hopes were fading Monday of finding more survivors in the rubble of Mandalay, where some residents spent a third night sleeping in the open after a massive earthquake killed at least 1,700 people in Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand.

Bangkok Post

Over 700 cases of Bangkok quake damage to be reviewed

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will inspect more than 700 cases of damage in the capital following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in neighbouring Myanmar on Friday.

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