Rescue efforts are hindered by a lack of heavy machinery. The military government has appealed for international aid, with initial assistance arriving from India and China. Buildings crumbled ...

Rescuers thought they had saved the life of Mathu Thu Lwin but were unable to resuscitate her after extracting her from the wreckage of the Sky Villa Condominium apartment complex, demolished by a ...

By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Bangkok In Mandalay, near the epicenter of the quake that rocked the region, volunteer rescue workers raced against time as they combed through the ruins of ...

SINGAPORE: A man was freed from a collapsed building in Myanmar by Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) personnel and local rescuers on Sunday (Mar 30) morning after an eight-hour operation ...

SINGAPORE – Rescuers from Singapore’s Operation Lionheart found no signs of life after working at eight sites in Myanmar over the last 36 hours, following the devastating 7.7-magnitude ...

AFP Rescuers braved aftershocks to scour the devastated city of Mandalay for survivors on Monday, after a massive earthquake killed at least 1,700 people in Myanmar and at least 18 in neighbouring ...

In the aftermath of an earthquake in Myanmar, that took the lives of more than 1,644 people, rescuers on Sunday, continued their search for survivors, amid aftershocks and rebel attacks in the ...

The scale of devastation in central Myanmar is unlike anything rescue workers or medics have seen before, even in a country that has endured more than four years of fierce conflict. In Sagaing ...

And around 2pm (0730 GMT), another aftershock - of 5.1-magnitude according to the US Geological Survey - sent people into the streets in alarm once again, temporarily halting rescue work.

Since 2023, the Oklahoma City Fire Department said it has responded to 67 drowning calls and 105 emergency dive and swift water emergency rescue calls. When it comes to being safe, there are ...