Myanmar, Earthquake
Digest more
Top News
Impacts
A devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake, followed by powerful aftershocks, struck war-torn Myanmar on Friday—marking one of the country’s strongest quakes in more than a century.
From Smithsonian Magazine
The firings, done Friday while the workers were in the rubble-strewn city of Mandalay, raise doubts about Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s stated commitment to continuing some humanitarian and crisis...
From The New York Times
Read more on News Digest
The death count from a major earthquake in Myanmar has risen above 3,300 ... A United Nations estimate suggests that more than three million people may have been affected by the 7.7-magnitude ...
Here’s what to know about the challenges from the natural disaster—compounded by ongoing civil war—and where the country could go from here.