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The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,085 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led government said, and humanitarian a...
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The immense scale of the disaster has piled a fresh crisis on the impoverished Southeast Asian country, where almost 20 million people were already in need of humanitarian assistance after four years...

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Myanmar Earthquake Death Toll Rises to Over 3,000 as More Bodies Are Recovered
B ANGKOK — The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,085 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led government said, and humanitarian aid groups scrambled to provide survivors medical care and shelter.
Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 3,000 with hundreds still missing
The death toll from last week's 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar rose to 3,085 people as of Thursday morning, according to the country's military government.
As Myanmar earthquake deaths top 3,000, BBC goes undercover to reveal devastation near epicenter in Mandalay
Myanmar's military rulers have kept journalists out since the devastating earthquake, so CBS News' partners at the BBC went undercover to reveal the scale of the disaster.
The smell of death still lingers in the town at the epicenter of Myanmar’s earthquake
As the road shook beneath him, Ko Zeyer sped past crumbled buildings, buckled roads and gaping sinkholes toward his hometown of Sagaing, the epicenter of the most powerful earthquake to hit Myanmar in a century.
Myanmar military’s ‘ceasefire’ follows a pattern of ruling generals exploiting disasters to shore up control
Thousands were killed in 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Yet military generals were slow to agree to pause in civil war fighting, and continued airstrikes.
Myanmar earthquake toll crosses 3,000; heat and rains fuel disease risk
Conditions could get even tougher for the huge relief effort after weather officials warned unseasonal rain could threaten the areas hardest-hit by the quake, such as Mandalay, Sagaing and the capital Naypyidaw.
Myanmar Earthquake: Mandalay Hit Hardest In Powerful Quake With Over 2,000 Killed
As of Thursday, the death toll across the country from the earthquake has risen to 3,145, with 4,589 others injured and 221 missing, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the Myanmar Radio and Television.
Burma earthquake death toll rises to 3,085, humanitarian crisis deepens
More than 3,000 people have died from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Burma last week, which has sent the country into a deeper humanitarian crisis.
Myanmar military rejects ceasefire with rebels as earthquake toll mounts
Although the official number of dead stands at around 2,000, the military junta has a history of suppressing the scale of national disasters. Here in Thailand's capital Bangkok, meanwhile, dozens of construction workers remain buried under the rubble of a collapsed unfinished skyscraper.
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