reached out a woman who lives in Myanmar near the center of the earthquake. According to a rescue worker interviewed by the BBC, most of the buildings in the city of Mandalay have collapsed.
The extent of the destruction of Southeast Asia’s earthquake begins to gradually reveal the day after the quake.
The Myanmar authorities said today on Saturday that 1,002 people have died in the earthquake. There would be more than 2,000 injured.
In reality, there are probably more victims. In the big city in Mandalay, most of the buildings have collapsed, said a rescue worker British Broadcasting Company for BBC. Mandalay is located near the center of the earthquake.
Mandalay is in poor condition, says an interviewee that EPN also reached.
– Most people are still trapped in collapsed houses, Hsu says.
HSU is a woman in her thirties who lives and works in Thailand. His family lives in Mandalay. does not use the woman’s real name because she criticizes the activities of the Myanmar authorities. Myanmaria is dominated by a military junta, whose criticism may be in trouble.
Connections to Mandalayh, with a 1.5 million inhabitant, are largely broken, but HSU says the messages are going through at times.
People now help each other because there is no other help, HSU says.
– The authorities have not provided any help or rescue plans. People have to help and save each other with their own power.
The work is slow and HSU is afraid of the number of deaths to rise.
has not been able to ensure that HSU has told things from other sources. However, Reuters and BBC, for example, have published similar information on destruction and slowness of rescue work.
According to a rescue worker interviewed by the BBC, people trapped are shouting in the ruins, but getting to them is slow because large machines are not available.
People queue for food and gasoline
HSU says his family was lucky because the home was upright in the earthquake. Uncle’s house, on the other hand, collapsed, but all family members survived.
In Mandalay, many have spent last night out in the streets for fear of new quakes.
According to HSU, there is no panic disorder in the city, nor does it rest. However, it is difficult to get an overall picture of the situation right now, he says.
Everyone who is capable of nail is feverishly queuing for food and fuels from shops that are open, HSU says.
– My family is now trying to buy, among other things, gasoline and rice to make food enough.
According to HSU, the products are in many places at the end.
“The situation was already bad because of the war”
According to the Myanmar authorities, there are currently about 2,300 injured in the earthquake.
HSU says he has received information that, for example, the Mandalay Main Hospital is full of patients to the brim and not everyone can be treated.
On Saturday, the Military Administration said it had opened a temporary hospital to Mandalay Airport. It was not immediately clear how many patients the hospital could receive.
The airport has also been damaged in the earthquake, but the military administration says it is trying to repair it as soon as possible.
Nobody knows how many are still trapped under the houses. The city should get a variety of help as soon as possible, HSU hopes.
“The situation was already bad because of the Civil War, and then there was another earthquake,” he says.
The earthquake struck Myanmar after four years of military power and civil war. For example, the UN World Food Program WFP says that Myanmar simply does not withstand one more catastrophe. The International Rescue Committee describes the health care system as destroyed.
The military junta has made a petition to receive international assistance. Several countries have said that they will fly to Myanmar today.
However, relief organizations have been concerned about whether the junta is allowed everywhere. According to the UN Special Reporter, the army’s attitude towards past natural disorders has shown its “willingness to use help as a weapon”.
follows the aftercare of the earthquake In this updated article.
Sources: Reuters, AP