Search and rescue operations continued in central Myanmar on Monday in the wake of last week’s magnitude 7.7 earthquake, with the junta saying the death toll had risen to over 2,000 and more than 3,900 injured as the critical 72-hour window to find survivors closed.
Many people are believed to be still trapped under rubble in Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city, near the epicenter of the powerful quake that hit in the early afternoon on Friday.
Image taken from video footage released March 30, 2025, shows Russian Emergencies Ministry rescuers, together with Chinese personnel, rescuing a woman from under the rubble, in Mandalay, Myanmar. (Photo courtesy of Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service)(AP/Kyodo)
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