In the grey stillness of early Monday morning, the earth roared.
\nA massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake ruptured beneath the borderlands of China and Myanmar, jolt\u00ading millions from sleep and plunging whole towns into chaos.
\nThe quake struck at a shallow depth, making the trembling all the more violent at the surface, and its epicentre lay in the rugged mountains between China\u2019s Yunnan province and Myanmar\u2019s northern Shan State. World Vision+2Wikipedia+2<\/p>\n
In the border city of Ruili in Yunnan, China, windows shattered and walls cracked. One survivor described the moment: \u201cIt felt like the earth was breathing,\u201d he said. \u201cGlass shattered everywhere. We ran outside without shoes.\u201d Across the border, villagers in Shan State heard a sound they likened to thunder beneath the ground; then the world turned dark. Wikipedia<\/p>\n
Because the quake struck in the early hours, most families were asleep; the darkness amplified the terror. Entire neighbourhoods spilled into the streets, wrapped in blankets, bare\u00adfoot, clutching frightened children. In Yunnan, broken power lines and failing phone networks only added to the confusion as hospitals switched to emergency power and ambulances rushed in the injured. World Vision+1<\/p>\n
Already overwhelmed, medical staff in the worst-hit zones mobilised quickly. In Myanmar\u2019s Mandalay and Sagaing regions, triage tents sprouted outside crumbling hospitals where floors buckled and ceilings fell. One doctor reported: \u201cWe\u2019re beyond capacity. Every nurse, every volunteer is working.\u201d World Vision+1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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