{"id":230938,"date":"2025-03-31T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T23:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/myanmar-rescuers-race-against-time-as-experts-fear-deaths-could-reach-10000-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T00:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T23:00:18","slug":"myanmar-rescuers-race-against-time-as-experts-fear-deaths-could-reach-10000-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/myanmar-rescuers-race-against-time-as-experts-fear-deaths-could-reach-10000-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar rescuers race against time as experts fear deaths could reach 10,000 | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/nZruUn5K5CI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Myanmar rescuers race against time as experts fear deaths could reach 10,000 | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nZruUn5K5CI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Rescue efforts are continuing in Myanmar, two days after the country was hit by a powerful earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,700 people are believed to have died with the modelling by the US Geological Survey predicting that the death toll could reach as many as 10,000.<\/p>\n<p>The 7.7 quake struck Myanmar when it was already struggling with a massive humanitarian crisis amid a four year civil war.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s military junta, which no longer controls much of the country, has asked for help from abroad but also kept up its attacks on rebel groups.<\/p>\n<p>Many people in the worst-hit areas say they have been forced to dig out the trapped with their bare hands, with aid and rescue workers scarce.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Dunford, the UN World Food Programme Country Director for Myanmar, joined DW from Naypitaw to discuss what&#8217;s making the rescue efforts so difficult.<\/p>\n<p>DW also spoke to Southeast Asia expert Htet Thiha Zaw, from the University of British Columbia, on how the military junta was seeking to exploit the quake for its own ends.<\/p>\n<p>#myanmar #earthquake #quake <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rescue efforts are continuing in Myanmar, two days after the country was hit by a powerful earthquake. 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