Death toll in Myanmar landslide mounts to 90
In Myanmar, the death toll due to the landslide in a remote jade mining area of Kachin has mounted to 90. Rescue operations are going on in full swing to find the survivors.
The landslide had crushed dozens of small huts clustered on the barren landscape, where many workers had made their homes in the hope of finding Myanmar’s most valuable precious stone.
Authorities said that rescuers from the Myanmar Red Cross, the army, police and local community groups are trying to dig people out, but their efforts have been hampered by poor weather conditions in the remote region.
Authorities said that rescuers from the Myanmar Red Cross, the army, police and local community groups are trying to dig people out, but their efforts have been hampered by poor weather conditions in the remote region.
Myanmar is the source of virtually all of the world’s finest jadeite, an almost translucent green stone that is prized above almost all other materials in neighbouring China.
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