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Hello and welcome to NewShow from the BBC World Service.
We're coming to you live from London.
I'm James Menendez and our top story today is
that powerful earthquake that struck central Myanmar and its far reaching impact even in Bangkok,
the capital of neighbouring Thailand, about 1,000 kilometers away.
There, the force of the quake, it was recorded as 7.7 magnitude,
caused a skyscraper under construction to collapse in dramatic fashion.
The moment was caught on camera and posted on social media as a huge cloud of dust enveloped workers running for their lives.
There were about 400 construction workers at the site.
The latest we have is that most have been found,
but several 61 people are still missing and that search is going on right now.
Bui Thu was in her Bangkok apartment when the quake struck.
I was at home cooking while I felt the first strike and I was very nervous and I was very panicked.
I didn't know what it was.
And then the second strike, I had.
To run onto the street and I. Saw a lot of people did the.
Same thing out the buildings and we.
Were literally in panic.