Rescuers in Myanmar, Thailand hunt for quake survivors as death toll passes 1,000

BANGKOK – The death toll from Myanmar’s massive earthquake soared past 1,000 on Saturday, the country’s junta said, as international assistance began to trickle into the war-torn country.

Rescuers hunted for survivors including those hundreds of kilometers away from the quake epicenter in the Thai capital, Bangkok, where a high rise collapsed, burying dozens of construction workers.

The Myanmar junta’s information team reported 1,002 deaths, up from the 144 deaths reported Friday in the first hours after the earthquake, and more than 2,000 injured.