Welcome to the News Hour. In Southeast Asia today, a major earthquake rocked Myanmar in surrounding countries,

collapsing multiple buildings and complicating rescue efforts. As of now, more than 140 people have

reportedly been killed across three cities in Myanmar, and at least 10 in neighboring Thailand have died.

The epicenter of the 7.7 magnitude quake was near Myanmar's second largest city

and was followed by a 6.4 magnitude aftershock.

Debbie Edward of Independent Television News has the latest from Bangkok, Thailand.

The man filming shouted a warning, but it took just three seconds for the entire skyscraper to collapse.

He kept recording as he and his co-workers fled in terror and were engulfed in dust.

Across Bangkok people watched in horror as the building with a construction crane on top

crumpled to the ground following a massive earthquake.

A major rescue operation swung into action with 90 people trapped in the mound of rubble and twisted metal.

The epicenter was a neighbouring Myanmar where it struck during Friday prayers.

This mosque caved in on the worshippers inside.

A group of monks cowering outside the ruins of their temple

watched as another building nearby,

collapsed.

At Mandalay Airport, passengers and staff crouched in fear on the tarmac as the tremors

continued.

In the Burmese capital, the general hospital was quickly overwhelmed. The sounds of heart monitors and screams of pain,

punctuating an air of chaos in a mass casualty area.

For the past four years, Myanmar has been gripped in a bloody civil war,

and now nature has inflicted a disaster on its people. The country is largely cut off from the

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