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The devastating impact of Friday’s earthquake is becoming clearer by the hour – this is a crisis on top of a crisis for Myanmar, where the humanitarian situation is already dire,
said Arif Noor, the Myanmar country director for the humanitarian agency Care
[On ... On Monday], five bombs were dropped around Nwe Khwe village. Although there were no casualties from that, the public is already traumatised by the earthquake,
said Ye Lay, 21, from Chaung-U, a town in the earthquake-affected region of SagaingWe must act swiftly to provide relief before the upcoming monsoon season, which, of course, will even worsen this horrendous crisis.”
The UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric saidYou cannot ask for aid with one hand and bomb with the other,
said Amnesty’s Myanmar researcher Joe FreemanContinuing military operations in disaster-affected areas risks further loss of life,
she said in a statementBecause of the earthquake damage people are staying outside their homes, and when bombs are dropped, they have to take shelter in trenches,
she saidThe military is conducting security checks everywhere, making it impossible for them to enter,
Dr Wai Zan, who works at the Sagaing General Hospital, told the New York Times
We will continue to carry out as much humanitarian support as possible to help people in Myanmar,
Iwaya said
The military is aware they are gathering, training, and preparing to attack,
it quoting the general as saying at an event to raise funds for quake victimsAmong the missing, most are assumed to be dead. There is a narrow chance for them to remain alive,
he said in a speechAnd yet, this crisis is still unfolding. The tremors are continuing. Search and rescue operations are ongoing. Bodies are still being pulled from the rubble,
she said in a statement
Maybe they can survive one week or two weeks, so we have to go on,
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt saidThe focus in Myanmar must be on saving lives, not taking them,
he said
Our focus is on the survival. There are cases where people have survived for one week,
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt told reporters
Some buildings were built cheaply, without spending enough money on them,
he saidWe haven’t dared to sleep in our houses since Friday,
said one local, echoing the sentiments of many who now live in constant fear
Even though we don’t know when this is gonna happen, we know where it’s gonna happen,
Peng said
This fault is a very direct analog for the San Andreas fault. It’s very, very similar in almost every way,
Lindsey saidWe absolutely thought that it would occur sometime in our lifetimes … but there’s really no way to say when it would occur,
said Eric Lindsey, a geophysicist at the University of New Mexico, in a phone interviewThe real death toll is likely a lot higher, somewhere between 10,000 and 100,000 according to estimates in Mandalay alone,
Drogosch said