Anna Holligan

So they are really watching closely what is happening inside the country, but like everybody else, unable to get the information and also unable to go back there now.

So they are really watching closely what is happening inside the country, but like everybody else, unable to get the information and also unable to go back there now.

Aue lives here in Thailand now. He left Yangon four years ago for political reasons. But when you look at what is happening now, and particularly the survivors, do you see and hear that they're getting the help that they need?

Aue lives here in Thailand now. He left Yangon four years ago for political reasons. But when you look at what is happening now, and particularly the survivors, do you see and hear that they're getting the help that they need?

We just stop here for a second, look, and walk up these steps. It's like a dry riverbed, but look, it's completely covered in these tangles of rusty barbed wire. This is to stop people coming over this way, right? Yes. They look quite makeshift, these buildings. What kind of people live across here?

We just stop here for a second, look, and walk up these steps. It's like a dry riverbed, but look, it's completely covered in these tangles of rusty barbed wire. This is to stop people coming over this way, right? Yes. They look quite makeshift, these buildings. What kind of people live across here?

The sun's gone down now and the lights are twinkling in Myanmar, less than 100 metres away. And I'm still with our interpreter, Richard, who's from Mandalay, the second biggest city in Myanmar, the one that's been badly affected because it's right at the epicentre of the earthquake. Richard, do you think? Myanmar feels more cut off than ever.

The sun's gone down now and the lights are twinkling in Myanmar, less than 100 metres away. And I'm still with our interpreter, Richard, who's from Mandalay, the second biggest city in Myanmar, the one that's been badly affected because it's right at the epicentre of the earthquake. Richard, do you think? Myanmar feels more cut off than ever.

Or is the civil war now getting much more international attention?

Or is the civil war now getting much more international attention?

That's not true. No, they have accepted aid from lots of other countries. But what's interesting is you're not the first person I've spoken to today who thinks that. Actually, a lot of people who oppose the junta do think that. But in fact, they have accepted more this time.

That's not true. No, they have accepted aid from lots of other countries. But what's interesting is you're not the first person I've spoken to today who thinks that. Actually, a lot of people who oppose the junta do think that. But in fact, they have accepted more this time.

What is coming out of the country is very limited. The military junta that runs Myanmar has made it very clear. They issued a statement saying that they weren't going to give working visas to international journalists to go into the country and report. They said that they were too busy to process those and too busy to do that. So it means that we don't have that usual process. flow of information.

What is coming out of the country is very limited. The military junta that runs Myanmar has made it very clear. They issued a statement saying that they weren't going to give working visas to international journalists to go into the country and report. They said that they were too busy to process those and too busy to do that. So it means that we don't have that usual process. flow of information.

And the death toll is particularly notable because it wasn't updated for several days. It went to just over 1,700. It's risen to more than 2,000 today, but it took three days to have that relatively small jump in numbers.

And the death toll is particularly notable because it wasn't updated for several days. It went to just over 1,700. It's risen to more than 2,000 today, but it took three days to have that relatively small jump in numbers.

Now, the US Geological Survey said if you look at the size of the earthquake, 7.7 magnitude this was, and the areas that were affected, they said perhaps a death toll of something in the region of 10,000 could be expected from something like this. And what we do see, the times that we're able to speak to people, make contact, see videos that people have filmed.

Now, the US Geological Survey said if you look at the size of the earthquake, 7.7 magnitude this was, and the areas that were affected, they said perhaps a death toll of something in the region of 10,000 could be expected from something like this. And what we do see, the times that we're able to speak to people, make contact, see videos that people have filmed.

The BBC Burmese service are obviously doing a lot of important work in the country as well. We see collapsed buildings. We see those little moments of hope where people are being pulled out, occasionally still alive. But we do see these scenes of devastation in different places, particularly around Mandalay, which is the second biggest city.

The BBC Burmese service are obviously doing a lot of important work in the country as well. We see collapsed buildings. We see those little moments of hope where people are being pulled out, occasionally still alive. But we do see these scenes of devastation in different places, particularly around Mandalay, which is the second biggest city.