Myanmar earthquake death toll exceeds 2,700; aid efforts ramp up

Chadchart Sittipuntbangkok Governor

Our focus is on the survival. There are cases where people have survived for one week,

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt told reporters

The rescue teams are doing their best. I can see that,

said 19-year-old Artithap Lalod, who was waiting for news of his brother

Myanmar's military has a longstanding practice of denying aid to areas where groups who resist it are active,

its Myanmar researcher Joe Freeman said

And 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

Some buildings were built cheaply, without spending enough money on them,

he said

When you take the base of a building and move it by several meters in less than a couple of seconds, there’s almost nothing a structural engineer can do to have a building stay upright,

he said