Rescue workers at the U Hla Thein monastery said 270 monks were taking a religious exam when the quake hit, decimating the monastery. 70 were able to escape, but 50 have already been found dead and 150 are still unaccounted for.

Mandalay General Hospital has around 1,000 beds; however, despite high heat and humidity, most patients are being treated outside.

Volunteers gathered to help, some coming in from other cities, to do whatever they could in the city near the epicenter of the powerful quake.

Myanmar’s ruling military said Saturday on state television that the confirmed death toll from a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake rose to 1,644.

Residents scoured collapsed buildings Sunday searching for survivors as aftershocks rattled the devastated city of Mandalay, two days after a massive earthquake killed at least 1700 people in Myanmar and at least 18 in neighbouring Thailand.

People yesterday scoured collapsed buildings searching for survivors as aftershocks rattled the devastated city of Mandalay, two days after a massive earthquake killed at least 1,700 people in Myanmar and at least 18 in neighboring Thailand.

Satellite images show effects of deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar which has caused widespread devastation, with over 1,600 lives lost and international aid efforts underway.

A Filipino teacher working in Myanmar on Monday appealed to the humanitarian assistance team set to be deployed by the Philippine government to the earthquake-hit country to prioritize helping Filipinos in the Mandalay area.

An SAR government rescue team is on its way to quake-hit Mandalay in Myanmar. The 51-strong team, including firefighters, doctors and nurses, had