Death Toll in Myanmar Earthquake Jumps to More Than 1,000 as Search for Survivors Continues

More than 1,000 people have been killed in Myanmar and thousands more injured following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake the day before that was also felt in neighbouring countries

Most of the fatalities are in Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, and the city closest to the earthquake's epicentre

Rescue workers are still scrambling to find survivors in Myanmar and in Thailand

Rescue operations are ongoing at an unfinished high-rise in Bangkok after it collapsed - with around 100 construction workers unaccounted for and six dead, according to local government officials

Myanmar's junta government has issued a request for international help - a rare plea from an isolated regime heavily sanctioned by Western powers in recent years

Tight control by Myanmar's army and the continued internal instability from the country's civil war is making it difficult to get accurate information about the disaster

Sorce: BBC