- Weather officials warned of unseasonal rain.
- Rain can complicate rescue, relief efforts.
- Leaders are ready to fly at the regional summit in Bangkok.
Bangkok: The toll of death from Myanmar’s disastrous earthquake has crossed 3,000, with hundreds of more disappearance, as unseasonal rain forecasts introduced a new challenge to rescue and aid staff, trying to reach people in the civil war related country.
Last Friday’s 7.7-Chance Earthquake, one of the South East Asian nation in a century, one region in an area 28 million, topping buildings, flattening communities and left many people without food, water and shelter.
On Wednesday, the deaths increased to 3,003, 4,515 injured and 351 missing, Myanmar’s embassy in Japan said on Facebook, while rescue teams scramble to find more.
But the conditions for heavy relief efforts may be even more strict after weather officials warned of unseasonal rains from Sunday to 11 April, which can endanger the most difficult areas with earthquakes such as Divisional, Gatha and Rajdhani Naypidav.
A aid worker in Myanmar said, “Rain is going to come and there are still many burials.” Roots“And in Mandalay, in particular, if it starts raining, people who are buried will drown, even if they survived to this point.”
Myanmar has been assisted by 53 airlifs of assistance, adding the embassy in Japan to its post, while more than 1,900 rescue workers from 15 countries including Southeast Asian neighbor and China, India and Russia arrived.
Despite the devastation, the head of Junta, Min Aung Hling, will leave his disaster-baked country for a rare journey for a regional summit in Bangkok on Thursday, the state television said.
It is considered by many countries as the subject of Paria and Western restrictions and an international criminal court investigation.
Unmatched rain
Rain will combine the challenges faced by aid and rescue groups, which despite the struggle of civil war has called for access to all affected areas.
The army has fought to run Myanmar since returning to power in the 2021 coup that ignored the elected civilian government of Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.
The generals have been isolated internationally as the tatters have been reduced between the Tachover and the basic services, conflicts, including the economy and healthcare of Myanmar.
On Wednesday, state operated Staged A one -sided government’s ceasefire will have an immediate effect for 20 days, to support relief efforts after the earthquake, but warned that the authorities “replied accordingly” if the rebels started attacks.
The move came after a major rebel alliance on Tuesday after declaring a ceasefire to assist a humanitarian effort.
About a week after the earthquake, the explorers in a hunt of neighboring Thailand for the survivors collapsed during the construction of a mountain of debris left after a skyscraper in the capital Bangkok.
Rescue teams are using mechanical degrees and bulldozers to break 100 tonnes of concrete to detect any living person even after the disaster, in which 15 people were killed, 72 are still missing.
Thailand’s nationwide toll stands at 22.
