Myanmar quake: SMART team reaches Sagaing

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The Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) contingent has arrived in Myanmar’s Sagaing district to commence a humanitarian mission and assist in search and rescue operations for earthquake victims.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/39a2ukck  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team, or SMART, arrived in Myanmar's

00:07Sagaing district on Monday to commence a humanitarian mission and help in search and rescue operations

00:13for earthquake victims.

00:15The National Disaster Management Agency said the team reached the area after a nearly 24-hour

00:20journey and they had established their operation base to facilitate the mission.

00:25The agency said the team had met with the local emergency management authorities upon

00:29their arrival.

00:31The team, comprising 50 members, left Malaysia on Sunday aboard two A400M aircraft.

00:38The first aircraft landed in the morning, followed by the second aircraft in the afternoon.

00:43The team will join other rescue teams from countries like Thailand, China, India, Singapore

00:49and Russia.

00:51Rescuers said they expect to find more survivors about three days after the deadly earthquake

00:56that hit central Myanmar.

00:58Four people were saved from collapsed buildings on Monday.

01:01A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Sagaing on March 28th, severely affecting regions

01:07like Mandalay, Bago, Magway, northeastern Shan state and Napidaw.

01:13The earthquake has killed nearly 2,000 people, wounded thousands others and destroyed many

01:18buildings.

01:19The tremor also impacted Thailand, killing at least 18 people.

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