Picture of destruction: This aerial photograph shows the site of an under-construction building that collapsed in Bangkok, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar and Thailand. — AFP
The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,000 as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city.
The country’s military-led government said in a statement yesterday that 1,002 people have now been found dead and another 2,376 injured, with 30 others missing. The statement suggested the numbers could still rise, saying “detailed figures are still being collected”.
