As information about the human cost of the powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday slowly emerged, it became clear that the ancient city of Mandalay bore the brunt of the impact. Situated close to the epicentre of the quake, Mandalay is the second most populated city in the country.
By Saturday afternoon local time, the ruling military junta’s state-run media reported that the death toll had climbed to 1,002, with more than 2,000 people injured. Nearly 700 of the dead and more than 1,600 of the injured are in Mandalay, as stated by the junta’s Myanmar Radio and Television account on their Telegram channel.
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