Toppled temples and buildings mark desperate search for quake survivors in Myanmar's Mandalay

Record ID: 1987159

  • Title: Toppled temples and buildings mark desperate search for quake survivors in Myanmar's Mandalay
  • Date: 1st April 2025
  • Summary: MANDALAY, MYANMAR (MARCH 31, 2025) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) TOPPLED SCAFFOLDING, TILTED BUILDING TRAFFIC MOVING PAST TILTED BUILDINGS DAMAGED BUILDINGS SURROUNDED BY DEBRIS, AS SEEN FROM MOVING VEHICLE RESCUERS WORKING AMID RUBBLE HEAVY MACHINERY PARKED BESIDE DAMAGED BUILDING EXCAVATOR PARKED AMID RUBBLE RESIDENTS WATCHING AS EXCAVATOR UNLOADS RUBBLE ONTO DUMP TRUCK HE
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  • Keywords: disaster earthquake mandalay myanmar quake rescue efforts rescuers
  • Location: MANDALAY, MYANMAR
  • City: MANDALAY, MYANMAR
  • Country: Myanmar
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
  • Reuters ID: LVA001317501042025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The streets of Mandalay lay in ruins on Monday (March 31), lined with precariously tilted buildings and mountains of rubble, as the city struggled to come to terms with the devastation wrought by a massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar.
    Rescue teams with excavators and bulldozers, were seen digging through rubble late into the night, in desperate search for survivors trapped beneath the debris.
    As the rescue efforts unfolded, residents sought safety in open areas, gathering under the shade of trees with their belongings carefully laid out on mats.
    The death toll in Friday's (March 28) earthquake in Myanmar has reached 2,065 with more than 3,900 injured and over 270 missing, the country's state television channel MRTV said.
    (Production: Daniel Lim)
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