Survivors describe the Myanmar earthquake horror

The Burmese city of Mandalay has become a “scene of a tragedy”, and it is one of the 7.7 survivors of the earthquake, which struck in the middle of Myanmar on Friday.

“It is like a destroyed city. Some are still stuck under the rubble,” she said. “It was so intense. So much that I haven’t seen anything like that.”

“There are many people who were injured in the General Hospital,” she added.

Another woman has revealed how she can hear the voices of people trapped inside the rivers hotel.

“I can hear the crying mothers and friends, because their children are still inside the building.

“This earthquake is a complete disaster,” it continued. “We need help.”

According to official figures, at least 144 people have their lives in Myanmar, with more than 700 people.

But building a clear picture of what is happening exactly throughout the Southeast Asian nation is not easy.

The arrival was limited since 2021, when the army took power after a coup. Foreign journalists are rarely allowed to formally enter due to the lack of freedom of the press.

Many people who spoke to the BBC, and other agencies, have not given their names for security reasons.

One of the residents of Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, told the NEWSDAY program for the BBC World Inza, that the tremors were “very intense” and lasted for about four minutes.

The man, who wanted to stay unidentified for security reasons, described waking up from a nap to the building vibrating violently.

“About three to four minutes lasted,” he said. “I was receiving messages from friends and realized that she was not only in Yangon, but also many places around the country.”

The tremors were so strong that they felt exceeding the borders of Myanmar – in China and Thailand.

In Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar, social media pictures showed collapsed buildings, including parts of the historic royal palace.

A 90 -year -old bridge collapsed, while sections of the main highway that connects Yangon torn with the city.

Myanmar officials announced a “collective victims area” at the NiB Tao General Hospital in the country’s capital, Where patients lie on gurneys outside, venous drops from temporary stands.

The Military Council also made a rare appeal for international assistance, announcing the state of emergency in six regions.

“We want the international community to send humanitarian aid as soon as possible,” said JUNTA Min Aung Hlaing.

Shen Thant Sanar, a Myanmar student at the University of Sheffield, told the BBC that she woke up to a feverish call from her mother. The panic filled her mother’s voice because she said that the buildings had collapsed around her.

The student said: “After moments, I entered my aunt, crying; I lost everything. It was a super -heart, and worse when the phone lines were cut.”

She said that none of her family was wounded, “but the destruction is drowned.”

As was the time of Friday prayers there, I learned that many people were inside the mosques that also collapsed, which resulted in the injury of many and caused deaths.

“The streets and buildings around them are now unknown.”

Additional reports by James Kelly, Andrei Masia, Bernadette McGu and Les Roberts