Myanmar earthquake death toll rises above 2,700

The death toll in Myanmar from the 7,7 magnitude earthquake reached 2,719 and is expected to rise to more than 3,000, Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing said in a televised address on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

He said 4,521 people were injured, and 441 were missing.

The death toll includes 50 children at one preschool near Mandalay.

20 were confirmed dead in neighboring Thailand. In Bangkok, rescuers were still scouring the ruins of an unfinished skyscraper that collapsed in the quake.