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Death Toll Continues To Rise After Eartquake In Myanmar

Rescue efforts are continuing as aid workers search through the rubble for survivors.

Around 1 thousand 700 people have died and 3000 injured following the earthquake in Myanmar with the death toll expected to rise in the coming days.

Residents scrambled desperately through collapsed buildings searching for survivors as aftershocks rattled the devastated city of Mandalay.

Rescue efforts are continuing as aid workers search through the rubble for survivors.

Journalist Tony Walker is in Bangkok where shockwaves from the 7.7 magnitude tremor caused buildings to collapse:

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