Myanmar’s Deadly Quake Affects 17 Million People, UN Says
Buddhist monks clear up rubble at the damaged Thahtay Kyaung Monastery in Mandalay on April 1.
Photographer: Sai Aung Main/AFP/Getty Images
More than 17 million people have been affected in Myanmar by a devastating earthquake that killed over 3,300 people in the country about a week ago, according to the United Nations and the ruling State Administration Council.
The hardest-hit areas remain without electricity and water. Telecommunications and internet access are severely disrupted while transport has been snarled in several regions, a report released Thursday by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.