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Thai authorities said Monday they are investigating why a single office tower block under construction in Bangkok collapsed during Friday’s earthquake that otherwise caused limited damage in the capi...
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With more than 2,000 people dead and thousands injured after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar and was felt hundreds of miles away in Bangkok, Thailand, collapsing buildings in both countries.
From KIRO-TV
The U.S. Geological Service's predictive modelling estimated Myanmar's death toll could exceed 10,000 and losses could exceed the country's annual economic output.
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Bangkok reviewing construction safety rules after high-rise building’s collapse during earthquake
The governor of Bangkok says authorities are investigating why a high-rise building under construction collapsed during an earthquake that otherwise caused limited damage in the Thai capital.
Bangkok earthquake: Race against time at collapsed skyscraper; 75 still missing
In Myanmar, the situation is dire. The death toll had reached 2,065, with more than 3,900 injured and over 270 missing.
Building in Bangkok collapses as powerful earthquake hits southeast Asia
One person has died and 50 were injured in a building collapse in Bangkok. A 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit central Myanmar, with tremors felt across Thailand as well as nearby Chinese provinces.
Myanmar earthquake: How you can help
With more than 2,000 people dead and thousands injured after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar and was felt hundreds of miles away in Bangkok, Thailand, collapsing buildings in both countries. The International Rescue Committee (IRC),
Myanmar rescues, sign of life in Bangkok rubble raise hopes after deadly quake
People were pulled alive out of rubble in Myanmar and signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find survivors three days after a massive earthquake that killed around 2,
Myanmar resistance movement announces partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts
Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ruling military, announced Saturday a unilateral partial ceasefire Saturday night to facilitate earthquake relief efforts.
Myanmar quake death toll passes 1,600, as junta lets in foreign rescuers
The United States, which has a testy relationship with the Myanmar military has said it would provide assistance.
Body recovered from rubble of Bangkok building after quake
A body was recovered from the rubble of a single office tower under construction in Bangkok on Monday after it collapsed during an earthquake on Friday. Thai authorities said they were investigating why the tower collapsed during the earthquake that otherwise caused limited damage in the capital.
How to help those affected by the Myanmar earthquake
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday causing mass destruction. At least 1700 people are dead and thousands more injured.
Thai official sees "something suspicious" in quake toppling Bangkok tower
Officers questioned four Chinese men who were found removing 32 files from containers behind the collapsed building, a police official said.
Thousands flee cracked Bangkok buildings as Myanmar earthquake deaths exceed 1,700
Thousands have evacuated from cracked buildings in Bangkok three days after a powerful earthquake in central Myanmar.
In Bangkok, Looking at High-Rises With a New Sense of Dread
Buildings are rising all over the city, emblems of economic growth. But an earthquake that sent one crashing to the ground has stirred fears about building safety.
Families await news of missing workers at collapsed building site in Bangkok
Families in Bangkok anxiously awaited for news about their loved ones after a powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and Thailand on Friday. (AP Video: Jerry Harmer)
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At least 15 still alive under Bangkok skyscraper rubble, rescuers say
At least 15 people are thought to still be alive and trapped under the rubble of a Bangkok skyscraper that collapsed after a massive earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand. Rescuers say they have detected signs of life and communicated with some survivors under the 10-storey tall mountain of debris.
In Bangkok, Grim Vigils as People Seek Word of Relatives at Collapsed Building
The collapse of a 30-story building under construction was “not normal,” an engineering expert said. It was one of the biggest projects ever done by a Chinese state-owned company.
DAN WARBURTON 'Desperate Bangkok earthquake rescue workers are soaked - in grief'
Mirror reporter Dan Warbuton is in Thailand with photographer Phil Harris as rescue workers battle to save those trapped in the rubble after Friday's earthquake
Teacher thought she would die in Bangkok earthquake
A Welsh teacher whose apartment walls started to crumble after an earthquake in south-east Asia said she believed she was about to die. Isabelle Willis, 26, from New Quay, Ceredigion, has been teaching English in Bangkok, Thailand, for six months and felt the tremor after the earthquake in Myanmar on Friday.
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