The fatal 7.7-magnitude disaster which struck Myanmar on Friday had as much power as more than 300 nuclear weapons combined, according to a leading British scientist.
” The pressure that a collapse like this discharges is about 334 nuclear bombs”, scientist Jess Phoenix told CNN.
She even cautioned that waves from the disaster, the death burden from which has surpassed 1, 600,” may persist for weeks”. This is because the Indian geological dish continues to meet with the European plate beneath Myanmar, the scientist noted.
Phoenix more said there could be impediments in grasping the entire amount of the catastrophe.
” Myanmar’s ongoing civil war, combined with a communication blackout, is obstructing the outside world from grasping the full impact of the earthquake”, she stated.
The Asian country is ruled by a military dictatorship that overthrew the civil government in February 2021. The regime’s best president has called for help from “any state”.
Stepping forward, India has dispatched essential items such as blankets, tents, hygiene kits, sleeping bags, thermal lamps, food packets, and home sets to Myanmar, and deployed a search and rescue team along with a medical device, in its neighbouring region.
India’s medical aid quest for Myanmar has been named” Operation Brahma”.
The quake was also felt in places around Myanmar, including Thailand, with at least 17 mortality in Thailand’s money Bangkok.
