In the midst of a civil war, the country of Myanmar must also deal with a catastrophic natural disaster, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The death toll went past 3,000. This figure is expected to rise as more rescuers reach remote regions that have been devastated by the earthquake. The earthquake struck March 29, 2025, hitting near Myanmar’s second largest city, Mandalay.
Myanmar earthquake death toll exceeds 2,700, but survivors still being found – National– globalnews.ca
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Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war.
The fire department in Naypyitaw said the woman was successfully pulled from the rubble 91 hours after being buried when the building collapsed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit midday Friday. Experts say the likelihood of finding survivors drops dramatically after 72 hours.
The head of Myanmar’s military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, told a forum for relief donations in Naypyitaw that 2,719 people have now been found dead, with 4,521 others injured and 441 missing, Myanmar’s state MRTV television reported.
