Death toll passes 2,000 after massive earthquake

Myanmar Quake Death Toll Tops 2,000 as Help Comes Slowly for War-Torn City

BANGKOK — Three days after Myanmar’s worst earthquake in more than a century ravaged the remote, war-torn city of Sagaing, razing monasteries and apartment buildings, help was still just starting to trickle in.

Nation’s horror move after quake kills thousands

A war-torn nation has been slammed for its “outrageous” move after a devastating earthquake which has left over 2,000 people dead.

Myanmar earthquake kills 2,000+

More than 2,000 lives have been lost following a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit central Myanmar near Mandalay last Friday. Entire communities have been reduced to rubble, and thousands are still missing as emergency crews and volunteers dig through the wreckage in temperatures topping 40°C. The scale of loss is staggering. A monastery collapse is believed to have killed around… Source

Myanmar quake death toll tops 2,000 as help comes slowly for war-torn city - West Hawaii Today

BANGKOK — Three days after Myanmar’s worst earthquake in more than a century ravaged the remote, war-torn city of Sagaing, razing monasteries and apartment buildings, help was still just starting to trickle in.

The sirens sounded at 1251 and 2 seconds, at the exact time when the 7.7 amplitude tremor occurred on Friday.

Death toll passes 2,000 after massive earthquake

BANGKOK — The death toll in last week's massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said Monday, as accounts of some people's last moments emerged: Two hundred Buddhist monks crushed by a collapsing monastery. Fifty children killed when…