Global aid effort begins in Myanmar as junta lets in foreing rescuers
The death toll from a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to 1,644, the ruling junta said Saturday, with 3,408 people injured. At least 139 people are still missing. The quake also hit neighbouring Thailand, where a skyscraper under construction collapsed and killed at least 10 people. Vice President for Program Delivery at the International Rescue Mission, Elinor Raikes, joins us from London.
The death toll from a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to 1,644, the ruling junta said Saturday, with 3,408 people injured. At least 139 people are still missing. The quake also hit neighbouring Thailand, where a skyscraper under construction collapsed and killed at least 10 people. Vice President for Program Delivery at the International Rescue Mission, Elinor Raikes, joins us from London.
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