Five days after a devastating 7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar, and killed thousands, victims are still being pulled from the rubble. A man was recovered from the rubble of a hotel in Myanmar today (2 April), five days after the earthquake flattened entire neighbourhoods and tore through temples, bridges and highways, says the Guardian.

United Nations officials who surveyed earthquake damage in Myanmar urged the global community today to ramp up aid before the looming monsoon season worsens already catastrophic conditions, with the death toll at 2,

The North Carolina-based Evangelical humanitarian aid charity Samaritan s Purse is dispatching an emergency field hospital to Myanmar following a catastrophic 7 7-magnitude earthquake that has

Humanitarian operations in Myanmar have been hindered by damaged roads and infrastructure, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Saturday.

In a censored nation that runs on rumor and omens, people in Myanmar wonder whether the latest disaster might be a portent of regime change.

After Cyclone Nargis pounded Myanmar’s south-western coast in 2008, the country’s military rulers turned away US warships laden with supplies and waited weeks before accepting aid that they feared would be a cover for regime change.

The junta declared a state of emergency in all the affected regions. The opposition National Unity Government and Myanmar residents said the decree has hampered rescue efforts because of a 10 p.m. curfew in many areas where civilian teams are searching for survivors.