The powerful earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday damaged buildings and public infrastructure and there are concerns for the state of large dams, the Red Cross said on Friday.
Six states and regions are most impacted - particularly in the northwest of the country, the Red Cross said.
"Public infrastructure has been damaged, including roads, bridges and public buildings," Marie Manrique, Program Coordinator for the International Federation of the Red Cross said to reporters in Geneva, via video link from Yangon.
"We currently have concerns for large-scale dams that people are watching to see the conditions of them," she said.
"The bridge that connects Mandalay to Sagaing has collapsed - this will cause logistical issues. Sagaing has the largest number of internally displaced people in the country," Manrique added.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since early 2021, when the military ousted an elected civilian government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
A protest movement morphed into an armed rebellion against the junta across the country and the widening conflict has displaced over 3.5 million people.
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Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), adding to concerns about energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline on Saturday.
A Kyiv-Warsaw train was struck near the Polish border, Ukraine's state railway firm said on Sunday. No passengers were injured. Ukrainian Railways said that the country's railways were facing systematic attacks for a second day and warned of widespread delays.
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