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The smell of death still lingers in the town at the epicenter of Myanmar’s earthquake
As the road shook beneath him, Ko Zeyer sped past crumbled buildings, buckled roads and gaping sinkholes toward his hometown ...
Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,145 as more bodies found
The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,085 as more bodies were ...
UN urges relief efforts in Myanmar as earthquake death toll rises
The confirmed death toll from last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 3,455, as U.N. agencies and foreign aid ...
Centuries of history and culture reduced to rubble after Myanmar earthquake
Myanmar's religious temples stood as symbols of faith and history. After the recent 7.7 magnitude earthquake, many are ...
Focus turns to a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, week after catastrophic earthquake
The quake worsened an already dire crisis with more than 3 million people displaced from their homes and nearly 20 million in ...
Rescue efforts from Myanmar's deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600
Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar’s devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down Monday, as rescue ...
Death toll from earthquake in Myanmar hits 3,354 amid health, housing crisis
The death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake one week ago that struck Myanmar rose to 3,354 people as millions have been ...
After Myanmar earthquake, citizens step in amid army's absence
In Mandalay and Sagaing – two of the cities hardest hit by the earthquake that has claimed over 3,000 lives – local residents ...
Miss Tourism Myanmar 2018 among victims of Mandalay earthquake
BANGKOK: The body of Miss Tourism Myanmar 2018 Silimee was discovered beneath a 12-storey condominium in central Mandalay ...
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Myanmar quake piles fresh suffering on families fleeing conflict
Many of the 3.6 million people inside Myanmar who fled their homes during the last four years of conflict once again lost ...
First they faced bombing during Myanmar’s civil war. Then came the devastating earthquake
Peter Popham speaks to a monk about the devastation the 7.7 magnitude tremor has wrought on the town of Mingun – a few miles ...
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How did the Myanmar earthquake occur? | Explained
The powerful earthquake in Myanmar on March 28 had its source in central Myanmar, about 20 km from Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city. Mandalay, located on the east bank of the ...