Rescue teams in Myanmar pulled a 63-year-old woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Naypyitaw on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, a fleeting glimmer of hope 91 hours after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck, killing over 2,700 and deepening the nation’s civil war-fueled crisis.

The fire department hailed her rescue, but experts warn the 72-hour survival window has largely closed, dimming prospects for finding more trapped beneath the wreckage.

Myanmar’s junta chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, reported 2,719 deaths, 4,521 injuries, and 441 missing as of Tuesday, per Western News. With Mandalay and Naypyitaw—near the epicenter—bearing the brunt, the toll is expected to climb.

Power outages, shattered roads, and downed bridges have crippled assessments, leaving the full scope of destruction murky. “The needs are massive and rising hourly,” said UNICEF’s Julia Rees, citing dire shortages of water, food, and medicine.

The World Health Organization estimates over 10,000 buildings have collapsed or suffered severe damage across central and northwest Myanmar. In Mandalay, 403 rescues and 259 bodies recovered tell a grim tale—including 50 monks killed in a monastery collapse, with 150 more likely entombed. Thailand felt the quake’s wrath too, with a Bangkok high-rise collapse claiming 21 lives and injuring 34, dozens still missing.

Aid trickles in sluggishly, hampered by a lack of heavy machinery. Chinese teams saved four from Mandalay’s Sky Villa on Monday, including a pregnant woman and a child, while two teens escaped using cellphone lights. International crews from Russia, China, India, and beyond are on-site, but the U.S. team lags. With monsoon rains looming and disease risks spiking amid 3 million displaced by war, Myanmar’s junta faces a test—will it let help flow, or choke it as in past disasters? For now, survivors cling to miracles as the death count mounts.