❗️The death toll from the 7.7 earthquake yesterday has reached 694, with 1,670 injured, Myanmar authorities report. (this was about 12 hours ago)

(Update below: as of about 9 hours ago, now the numbers have risen. Expect that it's much more now. - Cynthia)

DEATH TOLL FROM MYANMAR QUAKE CLIMBS TO 1,002 

2,376 people have been injured in the 7.7-magnitude earthquake, the largest to hit Myanmar in more than a century.  

Special heavy machinery is now being used for search and rescue operations as electricity and Internet are down in parts of the country, including the capital Naypyidaw.