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Myanmar’s death toll from Friday’s powerful earthquake reached 1,644 amid extensive damage in the second-largest city of Mandalay, as international rescue teams arrive to help search for survivors.

The 7.7-magnitude earthquake, Myanmar’s biggest in a century, also injured more than 3,408 people while another 139 are missing, the State Administration Council said late Saturday. Authorities said about 2,300 buildings, including homes and temples collapsed, in Mandalay, which has a population of about 1.5 million.