Read updates about the situation after the earthquake in Myanmar: Myanmar Update on Facebook
Someone wrote about Sagaing, the town near the epicentre of the earthquake: They have no tears left to cry.
Nathalie F. Manac'h from Switzerland, living in Myanmar, visited Sagaing today to distribute water. She writes on Facebook:
"I asked the people how they are and feel. They replied ' kaune' which means ' good' in Burmese. But they admitted to sleep in the roads as most of the buildings - and hundreds of pagodas were destroyed. The shock sits in their facial expressions.
I saw people with heavy injuries, but noted a complete absence of doctors.
Moreover, all coordination of aid is absent.
I lack of words to describe how much aid is needed among the ruins."
Su Myat Hla writes on Facebook:
This young lady, with her beautiful smile while breathing heavily after queuing for the drinking water pack, said pleasantly, “If you want to know the real condition of Sagaing, we don’t have water supply nor drinking water, nor electricity and we have to sleep outside under trees. BUT other than that, we are safe! Look at over there how people are trying to get the drinks water. Me, I got it! Thank you very much!”
People bathe in the Irrawaddy River in front of the collapsed Ava Bridge, also known as the Inwa Bridge, in Sagaing on April 2 as residential areas remain without electricity or running water five days after the earthquake.
Situation at monastery in Sagaing:
Pagoda in Sagaing
