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      <description>Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest stories about extreme weather and natural disasters in Asia. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. ‘It’s like apocalypse’: Myanmar, Thailand quake death toll tops 1,600
The death toll from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that rocked Myanmar and Thailand exceeded 1,600 on March 29, 2025, as rescuers in worst-affected Mandalay clawed chunks of debris with their bare hands to free the city’s trapped victims while ruptured...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Asia’s 2025 in extreme weather and natural disasters, from deadly earthquakes to typhoons</title>
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      <description>A construction magnate and more than a dozen other people surrendered to police on Friday on criminal negligence charges for the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise during a March 28 earthquake.
Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Co, the main Thai contractor for the building project, as well as designers and engineers were among 17 charged with the felony of professional negligence causing death, Bangkok deputy police chief Noppasin Poonsawat said.
The accused have...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 05:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Thai tycoon wanted over deadly Bangkok tower collapse in quake surrenders to police</title>
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      <author>Maria Siow</author>
      <dc:creator>Maria Siow</dc:creator>
      <description>A rare meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Myanmar’s junta leader has signalled Beijing’s growing support for a military regime widely viewed as faltering and its strategic alignment with Russia in backing the embattled government, according to analysts.
Xi and junta chief Min Aung Hlaing met in Moscow on May 9 on the sidelines of Russia’s Victory Day celebrations. According to Xinhua, this meeting marked the highest-level contact between Beijing and the isolated junta since the...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 03:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Xi Jinping’s meeting with Myanmar’s junta leader in Moscow signals China’s backing of regime</title>
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      <description>Air strikes by Myanmar’s junta have cast doubt on the viability of extending the ceasefire until the end of May to allow relief to reach tens of thousands of people displaced by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake on March 28, as the UN warned a tiny fraction of the needed emergency relief funds have been received.
Official reports indicate the disaster has killed 3,700 people, with an additional 500 still missing. But the true toll is likely higher, with hundreds – possibly thousands more – feared...</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 10:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Myanmar quake relief hindered by air strikes, UN funding shortfall: ‘junta is in the way’</title>
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      <description>Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification
Reading about the Myanmar earthquake, I am reminded of an upcoming grim anniversary. The Myanmar quake struck a few weeks short of the 10th anniversary of the earthquake that ripped through Nepal on...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 03:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Quake-hit Myanmar can draw hope from Nepal’s rebuilding</title>
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      <description>The deadly earthquake in Myanmar last month may have disrupted production of critical minerals that are normally sold to China, casting further uncertainty over global rare earth supplies at a key juncture for international trade.
The 7.7-magnitude quake in late March could have damaged mining equipment, affected mine safety and blocked transport routes in Myanmar, which is China’s largest foreign supplier of rare earth elements, analysts say.
“This earthquake may once again trigger concerns...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 06:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Myanmar earthquake may have disrupted China’s rare earth supplies, analysts say</title>
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      <author>Jess Ma,Danny Mok</author>
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      <description>A Hong Kong rescue team received a hero’s welcome upon its return to the city on Wednesday night after spending 11 days in earthquake-stricken Myanmar searching for survivors.
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu and the top Myanmese diplomat in Hong Kong joined a welcome ceremony at Hong Kong airport, along with family members of the rescuers, who left on their mission on March 29.
The 51-strong team comprised 41 rescuers from the Fire Services Department, four Security Bureau workers, two members...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hero’s welcome for Hong Kong rescuers after return from quake-hit Myanmar</title>
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      <description>The bilateral relationship between China and India, described in rich imagery as the “dragon-elephant tango” by President Xi Jinping, came into focus when leaders from the two nations exchanged greetings on April 1 for the 75th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties.
Currently both Asian giants are trying to arrive at a modus vivendi over a long festering territorial dispute that in 2020 erupted into a deadly clash in the Galwan region of Ladakh in the high Himalayas.
Xi noted that both...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Void left by US aid cuts could be vital test for China-India detente</title>
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      <description>In a world first, 10 cyborg cockroaches were deployed to help the Singapore search and rescue team following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar on March 28.
These insect-robot hybrids are essentially Madagascar hissing cockroaches fitted with tiny “backpacks” containing infrared cameras and sensors to detect human heat signatures, according to The Straits Times newspaper.
As these insects are only 6cm (2 inches) long, they can navigate tiny spaces. Electrodes are used to send signals to...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Myanmar earthquake: Singapore deploys cyborg cockroaches in rescue efforts</title>
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      <author>Stephen Chen</author>
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      <description>Days before a devastating magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Myanmar, flattening buildings and killing thousands, a team of Chinese seismologists published a study warning of a heightened risk of such disasters in the area.
With the death toll now estimated to have passed 3,000, the seismologists have predicted the March 28 quake will not be the last such incident, with their research indicating there is currently a higher risk of catastrophic earthquakes across China and neighbouring regions.
The...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2025 08:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Magnitude 8 earthquake risk on rise in China and surrounding regions, study warns</title>
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      <description>In the early afternoon of March 28, 2025. a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Mandalay, in central Myanmar, followed by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock moments later.
Within minutes, social media and the internet were deluged with videos of the earthquake, many of which originated in Bangkok, Thailand, about 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the epicentre of the quake.
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>The ancient Chinese saw earthquakes as messages from the heavens. Why?</title>
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      <description>Myanmar’s ruling military declared a temporary ceasefire in the country’s civil war Wednesday to facilitate relief efforts following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 3,000 people.
The announcement by the military’s high command was reported late Wednesday on state television MRTV, which said the truce would run until April 22 and was aimed at showing compassion for people affected by Friday’s quake.
The announcement followed unilateral temporary ceasefires announced by armed...</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Myanmar junta declares temporary ceasefire for quake relief as death toll tops 3,000</title>
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      <description>China has urged Myanmar to ensure the safety of its rescue personnel after the Southeast Asian country’s military fired warning shots at a Chinese aid convoy during earthquake relief efforts.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said its personnel and supplies were “all safe” after Myanmar’s military fired warning shots at a nine-vehicle Red Cross Society of China convoy on Tuesday. Myanmar’s junta has accused the relief team of entering a conflict zone without prior approval.
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      <description>A man in Thailand has been arrested for falsely claiming he had a pregnant wife who was buried under the rubble of a building in Bangkok that collapsed during Friday’s earthquake, Thai media reported.
Somnit Duangnet admitted to fabricating the story about his wife – who he claimed was four months pregnant – being trapped beneath the rubble of the under-construction State Audit Office building after police arrested him on Monday.
Although he insisted he had no intention of deceiving the public,...</description>
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      <description>Aid is pouring into Myanmar following the powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake that devastated the country on Friday, resulting in at least 1,700 deaths and thousands more people injured.
However, it is widely believed the final toll will be much higher because of poor communications networks and the fragmentation of the country that has resulted from years of civil war. Many roads and bridges have also collapsed, making it hard for equipment and rescuers to arrive. Many people have reportedly had...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>China leads relief for quake-hit Myanmar. But will civil war stymie aid efforts?</title>
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      <description>A Malaysian search and rescue crew – the first international team to reach Sagaing at the epicentre of Myanmar’s recent earthquake – said aftershocks and the risk of landmines had hampered the increasingly forlorn search for survivors.
Sagaing, a town of about 78,000 around 16km from the epicentre of last Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake, has been pulverised by the quake which killed over 2,700 people, with the toll expected to surge. Bridges and roads have collapsed, cutting it off from...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Malaysian rescuers in Myanmar’s quake epicentre hampered by aftershocks, landmines</title>
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      <author>Jess Ma</author>
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      <description>A Hong Kong rescue team searched through the rubble in Myanmar’s quake-hit Mandalay city overnight into Tuesday morning in a race against time to find survivors as the death toll from the disaster continued to climb.
Team members armed with blasting tools and other specialised equipment scoured areas near the Mandalay Palace, with an extra 11 rescuers joining them to help with the search, a spokesman for the Security Bureau said.
“The ... rescue team has started searches after arriving in...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Hong Kong rescue team presses on with search for Myanmar earthquake survivors</title>
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      <description>Myanmar’s military leader is expected to attend a regional meeting this week, despite the country still reeling from a devastating earthquake, while concerns mount that the junta may “weaponise aid” for its own political gain.
The death toll from Friday’s earthquake – the country’s largest in more than a century – has crossed 2,700, with nearly 4,000 injured and close to 300 people missing.
Efforts by over a dozen foreign rescue teams to deliver aid have been hampered by the ongoing civil war –...</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>‘Cosmic verdict’ fears grip Myanmar junta in earthquake’s aftermath</title>
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      <description>For the millions of Myanmar’s people living overseas, there is one rule in their determination to help their compatriots in a homeland devastated by Friday’s earthquake: do not give anything to the junta.
Millions have fled Myanmar since the 2021 coup led by junta chief Min Aung Hlaing, whose crackdown on pro-democracy protests has killed thousands, sparked an attritional civil war and tanked the economy – all before the earthquake hit.
Hours after the 7.7-magnitude quake – followed by an...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>In quake chaos, Myanmar diaspora shares guilt, pain and 1 rule: do not help the junta</title>
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      <author>Emily Hung,Oscar Liu</author>
      <dc:creator>Emily Hung,Oscar Liu</dc:creator>
      <description>A Hong Kong rescue team arrived on Monday in one of the hardest hit cities of Myanmar’s earthquake and began searching for survivors in the rubble.
The Security Bureau said the 51-strong rescue team and two search dogs started their work after reaching Mandalay at noon.
“The rescue team is conducting a search-and-rescue operation in two areas in Mandalay with professional tools and search dogs,” the bureau wrote on social media.
“We immediately met the rescue team from mainland China upon...</description>
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      <title>Myanmar earthquake: Hong Kong rescue team begins work in Mandalay</title>
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      <author>Emily Hung</author>
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      <description>Mary*, a 24-year-old Myanmese student in Hong Kong, was devastated when she learned from social media at around 3pm on Friday that an earthquake had struck her home country.
“At that time, only news about Bangkok was popping up on my news feed, but after reading it, I realised the epicentre was in my country, and that something was wrong,” she recalled.
Mary tried to contact family and friends in her home city of Mandalay, the second-largest city in Myanmar and one of the hardest hit by the...</description>
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      <title>Earthquake’s effects reverberate through Hong Kong’s Myanmese community</title>
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      <description>Myanmar’s junta has pressed ahead with its campaign of air strikes despite the country’s devastating earthquake, with a rebel group saying on Sunday that seven of its fighters were killed in an aerial attack soon after the tremors hit.
The Myanmar military has increasingly turned to air strikes as it struggles to gain the upper hand against a complex array of anti-coup fighters and ethnic minority armed groups in the civil war.
Friday’s massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake, which has killed at least...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 11:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>At least 13 Chinese citizens have been injured in the Myanmar earthquake – and more casualties are expected, the country’s embassy said on Sunday.
“As rescue operations in the disaster area are still under way, the number of casualties may continue to rise. We do not yet have information on the casualties among local overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese,” the embassy told the state broadcaster CCTV.
It said it had received and handled hundreds of requests for help from Chinese citizens and helped...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 04:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Chinese embassy fears further casualties from deadly Myanmar earthquake</title>
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      <description>A powerful earthquake has killed more than 1,600 people in war-torn Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand and caused widespread damage.
Here is what we know about relief efforts:
China sent an 82-person team of rescuers to Myanmar on Saturday, Beijing’s emergency management ministry said.
A separate rescue team from China’s Yunnan province arrived in Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon on Saturday, CCTV reported.
The Chinese government will also provide Myanmar with US$13.8 million in emergency...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 12:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Rescuers arrive in Myanmar as global aid effort after earthquake begins</title>
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      <author>Ambrose Li</author>
      <dc:creator>Ambrose Li</dc:creator>
      <description>Hong Kong has sent a team of 51 emergency workers and two rescue dogs to earthquake-stricken Myanmar at the request of the country, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has said, while expressing his condolences to the victims.
Lee said on Saturday he was very grateful for the rescuers and the support of their families.
“Unfazed by challenges that lie ahead, you have displayed bravery and selflessness at a time of emergency and crisis. You’re the pride of Hong Kong,” he said at an airport send-off...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 05:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Myanmar-Thailand earthquake: Hong Kong sends rescue team to join aid efforts</title>
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      <description>China has promised to provide 100 million yuan (US$13.8 million) in emergency aid to Myanmar following the devastating earthquake there, while President Xi Jinping spoke to the head of the ruling junta on Saturday to offer his condolences.
Beijing has also sent two rescue teams and will supply tents, blankets, first aid kits, food and drinking water, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Meanwhile, the death toll continued to rise. Friday’s 7.7-magnitude quake was the most powerful to hit Myanmar...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 05:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>The death toll from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that rocked Myanmar and Thailand exceeded 1,600 on Saturday, as rescuers in worst-affected Mandalay clawed chunks of debris with their bare hands to free the city’s trapped victims while ruptured roads, collapsed bridges and blackouts hampered aid efforts across a vast area of devastation.
In neighbouring Thailand, drones, sniffer dogs and cameras were sent into a mountain of debris from a 33-storey collapsed Bangkok building which has buried up...</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 00:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Myanmar, Thailand earthquake death toll tops 1,600 as search for survivors intensifies</title>
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1. Myanmar quake strikes China’s belt and road heartland: how bad is it?
The impact on a key Chinese energy corridor is being closely monitored after a deadly earthquake hit Myanmar on Monday afternoon, with tremors felt in neighbouring countries including China, Thailand and Bangladesh.
2. China risks US reaction by intervening in Panama Canal sale: senior...</description>
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      <description>The impact on a key Chinese energy corridor is being closely monitored after a deadly earthquake hit Myanmar on Monday afternoon, with tremors felt in neighbouring countries including China, Thailand and Bangladesh.
The quake, which struck at 12.50pm local time (GMT+6), has been reported to be the most powerful to hit Myanmar in decades and has triggered widespread alarm across Southeast Asia.
More than 50 people were killed and at least 300 injured in Myanmar, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV...</description>
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      <title>Myanmar quake strikes China’s belt and road heartland: how bad is it?</title>
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      <description>Scores of workers were feared trapped on Friday beneath a 30-storey under-construction building which collapsed in Bangkok after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake toppled temples and buildings in neighbouring Myanmar, in the strongest tremor in living memory to hit the region.
In Thailand, authorities in Bangkok said 10 people were killed, 16 injured and 101 missing from three construction sites, including the high-rise.
At least 144 people have been killed in Myanmar, the country’s junta...</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
      <title>Over 150 dead across Myanmar, Thailand as earthquake traps scores under rubble</title>
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