Hopes are fading for people trapped beneath rubble in Myanmar and Thailand with the passing of a crucial 72-hour rescue window after which survival rates fall sharply.

The once-serene Inle Lake, a picturesque location in Myanmar's Shan State, was transformed into a scene of devastation after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck, sending traditional wooden and bamboo homes built on stilts crashing into the lake, videos showed on Monday (March 31).

The once-serene Inle Lake, a picturesque location in Myanmar's Shan State, was transformed into a scene of devastation after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck, sending traditional wooden and bamboo homes crashing into the lake,

Local woman's family home in Myanmar damaged in earthquake; Aunt describes horrifying moments during shaking: 'I thought I was about to die.'

New tremors rattled survivors of Friday’s earthquake, which killed more than 1,600 people, while the government continued its bombing campaign elsewhere in the country.

The magnitude 7.7 quake Friday rocked an impoverished Southeast Asian nation already beleaguered by years of civil war.

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,

Rescue workers have saved a 63-year-old woman from earthquake rubble in Myanmar’s capital, but hope is fading of finding many more survivors