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Devastation in Myanmar: how the earthquake has left some areas virtually utterly destroyed

By Editorial Board Published April 1, 2025 5 Min Read
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Devastation in Myanmar: how the earthquake has left some areas virtually utterly destroyed

Even with hundreds lifeless and full neighbourhoods levelled, the ruling army junta in Myanmar maintains its long-term ban on worldwide journalists coming into the nation.

It cited a scarcity of assured security that could possibly be supplied to international media to report on the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake that rocked the southeast Asian nation on Friday.

That will even be as a result of it’s nonetheless pursuing its marketing campaign towards insurgent forces amid the destruction.

So open-source data from satellite tv for pc imagery and social media is a crucial instrument. The image is incomplete, however provides some sense of the true scale of harm from the quake.

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A constructing tilts precariously in Mandalay, Myanmar. Pic: Reuters

Mandalay, Myanmar’s second metropolis and simply 20km from the epicentre, was hit particularly arduous. The most important monastery within the metropolis had boasted a clock tower, now utterly flattened.

Sky’s Information & Forensics Unit has analysed the destruction based mostly on a mix of movies like these and satellite tv for pc imagery.

 

That’s not a complete image of the destruction. For a lot of areas, we do not but have satellite tv for pc imagery obtainable – for instance town of Sagaing. However we have now verified movies posted to social media which give some thought of the scenario there: buildings toppled, flattened pagodas and even a collapsed bridge.

A collapsed bridge is pictured after a strong earthquake, near its epicenter, in Sagaing, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

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A collapsed bridge close to the epicenter in Sagaing. Pic: Reuters

The nation’s army rulers issued a uncommon name for assist after the catastrophe. Their allies – Russia, India and China – had been a number of the first to heed the decision.

On Saturday, a Russian aircraft registered to the Ministry for Emergency Conditions (EMERCOM) arrived in Mawlamyine, southern Myanmar, from Moscow.

EMERCOM mentioned it had additionally flown 120 rescuers and provides to Yangon, within the south of the nation.

 

In Mandalay, Russian and Chinese language emergency staff have collaborated in efforts to rescue civilians trapped underneath rubble, in response to a put up on the official Telegram channel for EMERCOM.

China mentioned it despatched greater than 135 rescue personnel and pledged about $13.8m (£10.7m) in emergency assist. Chinese language President Xi Jinping prolonged his condolences to the army junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.

Different nations have pledged cash too together with the US, the EU and the UK.

However many are anxious if assist shall be distributed pretty.

“Throughout history, the military uses denial of aid access as a counter-insurgency tactic,” mentioned Morgan Michaels, analysis fellow on the Worldwide Institute for Strategic Research (IISS). “So there is warranted concern that in this current crisis, the military could block aid to affected areas.”

Some 265 teams in Myanmar have signed a press release calling for assist to be directed to civil society, the Nationwide Unity Authorities, and ethnic resistance organisations, quite than the junta.

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A view from under tonnes of rubble after an earthquake in Myanmar

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Khin Ohmar, spokesperson for the signatories to the assertion, is worried about assist not reaching areas like Sagaing, which was on the epicentre of the earthquake.

With an ongoing civil conflict and poor infrastructure, Myanmar was already some of the difficult locations on this planet for assist organisations to function.

A few of the heaviest combating has concentrated within the areas hit hardest by the earthquake, together with Sagaing and Mandalay.

 

Insurgent teams in Myanmar that oppose the junta have referred to as for a two-week pause in combating to assist with assist deliveries and rescue efforts, saying they’d solely take defensive motion.

However these calls haven’t stopped the violence.

“We already know that is the site of a major ongoing battle. So that looks more or less like a continuation of fighting with either side using the tools that they’ve been using all along.”

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