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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on March 28, 2025, 02:54:29 PM
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Myanmar-Thailand earthquake live updates: Casualties expected to rise amid search
Myanmar-Thailand earthquake live updates: More than 150 dead, hundreds injured
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled much of Southeast Asia on Friday, flattening
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That's what you get when you live in a country filled with materialistic things and a society that is not safe. Karma perhaps?
Reasons:
1. engaging homosexuality and sex trafficking
2. illegal gambling and scams
3. money laundering with Zionism (Thailand and Israel officially established diplomatic relations on June 23, 1954. Since then, the two countries have maintained a close and cooperative relationship in various fields, including agriculture, technology, and education)
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Death toll in Burma, Thailand earthquake rises to more than 1,600 victims
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Majority of Hmong folks live in rural areas in that region so hopefully not too much tragedy.
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Myanmar-Thailand earthquake death toll expected to exceed 3,000, but remarkable rescues still leave room for hope
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"The needs are massive, and they are rising by the hour," added Julia Rees, UNICEF's deputy representative for Myanmar. "The window for lifesaving response is closing. Across the affected areas, families are facing acute shortages of clean water, food, and medical supplies."
The World Health Organization said more than 10,000 buildings overall were known to have collapsed or been severely damaged in central and northwest Myanmar by the quake, which also rocked neighboring Thailand.
In the Thai capital Bangkok, the temblor toppled a high-rise building that was under construction, burying dozens of workers. Two bodies were pulled from the rubble on Monday but dozens were still missing. Overall, there were 20 people killed and 34 injured in Bangkok, primarily at the construction site. The fact that the skyscraper was the only large building to topple in Bangkok during the quake has drawn serious questions. Over the weekend officials ordered an investigation to determine whether design flaws, poor materials or failures in the inspection process could have been to blame.
In Myanmar, search and rescue efforts across the affected area paused briefly at midday on Tuesday as people stood for a minute in silent tribute to the dead.
Remarkable rescues after earthquake batters Myanmar
The fire department in Naypyitaw said the 63-year-old woman was pulled on Tuesday from out of the rubble of a building in the capital 91 hours after she was buried when it collapsed around her during the quake. Experts say the likelihood of finding survivors drops dramatically after 72 hours.
Myanmar's fire department said 403 people had been rescued in the country's second largest city Mandalay, and 259 bodies had been found so far. In one incident alone, 50 Buddhist monks who were taking a religious exam in a monastery were killed when the building collapsed and 150 more were thought to still be buried in the rubble on Tuesday.
Foreign aid workers have been arriving slowly to help in the rescue efforts, but progress was still slow with a lack of heavy machinery in many places.