Welcome to the NewsHour. The true impact of Friday's massive earthquake, which was centered in

Myanmar, is now starting to reveal itself. Myanmar's military government says the official death

toll is more than 2,000 people with hundreds still missing. Thousands are injured and now homeless,

as local and international efforts turn from rescuing survivors to

recovering remains.

Nick Schifrin begins our coverage.

Three days after the earthquake shook this monastery to the ground, the victims are finally

being recovered.

Nearly 300 monks lived here.

Fifty are confirmed dead.

The fate of 150 more, unclear.

In Mandalay, the powerful earthquake pulled buildings to the ground, collapsed hotels,

and destroyed an entire apartment complex.

A shop owner who wanted to stay anonymous shows the scars from the building that collapsed on top of him.

He was rescued after being trapped for hours.

I've been removing the debris from my shop on my own.

No one has helped me.

In neighboring Thailand, Friday's terrifying collapse of a high-rise under construction, sent people running for their lives.

Today at the site, they recovered one of the 18 who were killed.

Authorities are investigating why the tower fell when the damage to the rest of Bangkok

was minimal.

The epicenter was near Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, but the impact of the 7.7-magnitude

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