Myanmar quake damaged buildings and infrastructure, causes concern over dams, IFRC says

Record ID: 1986430

  • Title: Myanmar quake damaged buildings and infrastructure, causes concern over dams, IFRC says
  • Date: 28th March 2025
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  • Keywords: IFRC Myanmar dam damages earthquake
  • Location: NAYPYITAW AND YANGON, MYANMAR / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • City: NAYPYITAW AND YANGON, MYANMAR / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Myanmar
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
  • Reuters ID: LVA008247128032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The powerful earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday damaged buildings and public infrastructure and there are concerns for the state of large dams, the IFRC said on Friday (March 28).
    Six states and regions are most impacted - particularly in the northwest of the country, IFRC said.
    "Public infrastructure has been damaged. This includes roads, bridges, and public buildings," Marie Manrique, Program Coordinator for the International Federation of the Red Cross said to reporters in Geneva, via video link from Yangon.
    "We currently have concern for a large-scale dam that people are watching to see the conditions of the dam," she said.
    Myanmar has been in turmoil since early 2021, when the military ousted an elected civilian government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
    A protest movement morphed into an armed rebellion against the junta across the country and the widening conflict has displaced over 3.5 million people.
    (Production: Cecile Mantovani)
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