Myanmar marks month of misery

Strikes go on despite humanitarian truce

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Myanmar marked one month since suffering its fiercest earthquake in more than a century yesterday, with military bombardments unabated despite a humanitarian truce as thousands of survivors camp in makeshift shelters.

The magnitude-7.7 tremor was the strongest with an epicentre on Myanmar’s land mass since 1912, the US Geological Survey reported, killing nearly 3,800 according to an official toll still rising daily.

Devastation centred on the second most populous city of Mandalay where apartments, tea shops, hotels and religious institutes were razed or heavily damaged.

“It's been a month but we are still very busy trying to get back what we lost,” said one Mandalay resident who asked to remain anonymous. “I am not the only one still in difficulty, it’s everyone around me as well.”

With tens of thousands people still homeless as monsoon season approaches, aid agencies are warning of major challenges to come.