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A Deadly Earthquake Rocks a Pillar of a Buddhist Nation: Its Monks
The people of Myanmar have often turned to the clergy for aid during natural disasters. But last month’s earthquake was also ...
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Myanmar Jolted by 5.5 Magnitude Earthquake on Sunday: Epicenter Rocks Already Ravaged Mandalay Region
This morning’s 5.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded approximately 21 miles (34 kilometers) NNE of Meiktila, Burma (Myanmar), according to the USGS ...
As Myanmar earthquake deaths top 3,000, BBC goes undercover to reveal devastation near epicenter in Mandalay
Myanmar's military rulers have kept journalists out since the devastating earthquake, so CBS News' partners at the BBC went undercover to reveal the scale of the disaster.
Myanmar hit by fresh earthquake during hundreds of aftershocks
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Meiktila in central Myanmar on Sunday, adding to the region's recent seismic woes.
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’s deadly earthquake exposes void left by US in global disaster responses
As civil war-torn Myanmar struggles to recover from a devastating earthquake, the United States is facing criticism that it ...
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A week after catastrophic earthquake, focus turns to a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar
On Friday, five bodies were recovered from the rubble in the capital Naypyitaw and the second-largest city of Mandalay, near ...
UNICEF Delivers Vital Aid To Myanmar Earthquake Survivors
Damage from the earthquake and extreme heat are compounding existing vulnerabilities for families in central Myanmar.
Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 3,000 with hundreds still missing
The death toll from last week's 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar rose to 3,085 people as of Thursday morning, according to ...
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 are winding down, as rescue efforts get supplanted by increasing relief and recovery activity ...
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Myanmar Earthquake Death Toll Rises to Over 3,000 as More Bodies Are Recovered
BANGKOK — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue ...
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A Myanmar reading list, as earthquake toll passes 3,600
The official death toll from Myanmar’s earthquake disaster has surpassed 3,600, with more than 5,000 people injured and 160 still missing, as international rescue efforts wind down amid a relief ...