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“I woke up to the chaos and had to high-tail it (flee) out of the building!”

These were the words of Newsday's Business Day magazine columnist Keron Rose as he described his experience during the 7.7 magnitude earthquake which rocked Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand around midday (1 am TT time) on March 28.

According to the Associated Press, at least 144 people were killed and 730 others injured in Myanmar, while in Thailand, authorities said ten people were killed, 16 injured and 101 missing, from three construction sites, including a high-rise, which collapsed.