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What were the effects of the Myanmar earthquake?
Buildings topple and Myanmar's military government makes a rare plea for international aid.
That's after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake shook Southeast Asia. I'm Scott Simon.
I'm Eder Peralta and this is Up First from NPR News. Recovery efforts are underway in Myanmar and neighboring Thailand. We have the latest...
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In Myanmar, state-run media now say more than a thousand people are dead after an earthquake in the center of the country. It was so powerful it was felt 600 miles to the south in the Thai capital Bangkok. A skyscraper that was under construction there collapsed, leaving dozens buried.
The epicenter of the quake was roughly 10 miles from Myanmar's second biggest city, Mandalay, home to some 1.5 million people. Michael Sullivan is in Chiang Rai, Thailand, and joins us now. Michael, thanks for being with us. Hi, Scott. It's early in the evening where you are. What do we know about rescue efforts?
Well, it's hard getting information from Myanmar because of the military government's severe restrictions on Internet access and other means of communication since the 2021 coup. But reports that are leaking out, Scott, are pretty grim. Here's a teacher from Pyemana on the outskirts of the capital, Nipida.
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