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More than 1,000 people have been killed in Myanmar and thousands more injured following a 7.7. magnitude earthquake that was also felt in neighbouring countries
The majority of the fatalities are in Myanmar’s second largest city, Mandalay, the area closest to the earthquake’s epicentre
In Bangkok, Thailand, operations are ongoing after an unfinished high-rise collapsed – with around 100 construction workers unaccounted for and six dead, according to local government officials
Rescue workers are scrambling to find survivors, a team in Mandalay tells the BBC: “We are digging out people with our bare hands”
(BBC)
