Only four people remain missing nationwide after Mandalay earthquake
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Htet Nadi/ Thet Paing (NP News)-Nov 3
A Myanmar Fire Service Department official told The Statesman that only four people remain missing nationwide amid collapsed buildings after the powerful Mandalay earthquake.
Of the five people who were reported missing before October 30, one body was found in Naypyidaw at around 7:00 am on October 30.
“The search and rescue operations reached up to AFR Level 5, but it was unable to locate the missing person. Since international search and rescue teams had also officially confirmed this, the body was found only in areas where machinery was allowed to clear debris. The hotel has also confirmed the missing person’s status. With this discovery, in the list of missing persons in Naypyidaw, one individual has been found, so the death toll increases by one and the number of missing decreases by one,” said the responsible official.
Therefore, according to statistics, there are currently 3,819 deaths, 5,104 injuries, and four missing people due to the powerful Mandalay earthquake.
In addition, the earthquake damaged 51,145 houses, 2,598 schools, 3,310 departmental buildings, 725 hospitals or clinics, 5,611 religious buildings, 56 railways, 27 railway stations, 101 bridges, 403 roads, 284 locations on the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway, 10 communication towers, 56 concrete poles, 10 electricity towers, 3,123 electricity poles, 594 irrigation canals, six dams, 60 waterway maintenance works, 174 water sources, and 6,424 pagodas or temples, the State Security and Peace Commission reported. –