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PBS News Hour - Segments

Aid group describes unfolding crisis in Southeast Asia after deadly earthquake

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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A new 5.1 magnitude aftershock rattled survivors of Friday’s devastating earthquake as rescuers worked frantically to pull survivors from the rubble in Myanmar’s second-largest city. In neighboring Thailand, more bodies were pulled from a collapsed building in Bangkok. Lisa Desjardins speaks with Jeremy Stoner of Save the Children about the effects of the quake in Thailand and Myanmar. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

A new 5.1 magnitude aftershock rattled the survivors of Friday's devastating earthquake in Southeast Asia.

0:07.7

Rescue teams worked frantically to pull survivors from the rubble in Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city.

0:14.3

Casualty numbers are expected to rise, but official totals still indicate approximately 1,600 people have been killed.

0:21.7

In Thailand, more bodies were pulled today from a collapsed building in Bangkok.

0:26.5

Save the Children has teams on the ground there now.

0:29.7

This morning, I spoke with Jeremy Stoner, the interim Asia regional director for Save the Children,

0:34.8

and asked him about the effects of the quake in Thailand and who's

0:38.8

been hit the worst. Bangkok, I think, has felt the real pressure in terms of some damage to

0:47.3

buildings. But most of all, I think it's been a very deeply frightening experience for residents across the city, much of which, as you may know,

0:58.2

is high-rise buildings.

1:00.1

But actually the area which is of most concerned to save the children is actually within

1:05.6

Myanmar itself.

1:07.7

There are six regions of the country that are in the sort of the center or the epicenter

1:12.6

around the earthquake.

1:14.6

And you know, that accounts for about 28 million people in that area.

1:19.6

Not all of those will be affected, but out of that 28 million, there's almost 7 million children.

1:25.6

So, you know, the earthquakes had a huge impact in Myanmar itself, less so in Thailand,

1:33.3

but in Myanmar it's the worst earthquake for the last 100 years.

1:39.3

So it's a big deal.

1:41.3

It really is.

1:42.3

As we noted, we're speaking to you in Thailand, but can you talk about the difficulty of

1:47.4

reaching the areas in Myanmar that have the greatest need?

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