Bangkok death toll: Waiting for a miracle after earthquake building collapse

Bangkok clears debris of collapsed tower as dozens still missing

More than 70 workers are still missing. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Bangkok death toll: Waiting for a miracle after earthquake building collapse

I’ve been looking at this mound of death for days. Those poor people trapped inside. What they endured, where they might be.

Search operation for missing persons after the collapse of the new Office of the Auditor General building. The latest update is that officers are rushing to lift large concrete slabs before searching for those trapped after receiving a signal for help. It is believed that there is still hope because the call for help is a great encouragement for officers.

The day Bangkok crumbled

Last Friday I was on my 15th-floor balcony with an early afternoon coffee, watching dogs play among the banana trees below. It was strangely quiet. Looking across the skyscrapers that form my horizon, I noticed the 137 Pillars – a luxury high-rise hotel famous for its rooftop pool perched 37 storeys above my own street.

Chadchart wants B9m for seismographs

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt will propose a 9-million-baht budget for procuring earthquake measurement devices for eight high-rise hospitals.

Thai rescuers rush to recover victims from collapsed building as survival hopes fade

BANGKOK, April 4 — Thai authorities are racing against time to locate missing individuals at the construction site of the State Audit Office building, which collapsed after powerful tremors from Myanmar’s earthquake shook the Thai capital on Friday (March 28). The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration confirmed that, so far, 79 persons are still unaccounted for. The disaster claimed 22 lives and injured 34 others. “As of 8am on April 4, the search…