In this article, the Associated Press writes about the earthquake that hit Hyanmar. In the introduction, the writer gets the readers' attention by giving a brief description about the earthquake. It was a strong earthquake that struck northern Myanmar on Sunday, collapsing bridges and mines. Then it goes on by describing the earthquake more deeply. The major cities did not have a major damage, but the underdeveloped smaller towns closer to the quake's epicenter did. According to many towns, 6 people were reported dead and 64 injured. Also near the earthquake's epicenter, on the Irrawaddy River, 6 people were reported dead and 11 people injured. Besides these, other towns and places reported more deaths and injuries. Then the writer ends the article by informing the readers that the earthquake hit Hyanmar one week before Pesident Obama was going to visit, who was going be the first president to visit.
The purpose of this article is to inform the readers about a strong earthquake that hit Hyanmar since many people are not aware of it. It was not big enough for the whole world to know, however, it killed many people and injured many, and destroyed many towns. One of the biggest problems was that it caused more damage on the smaller towns that are underdeveloped, destroying the mines which their economy is based on. Besides that, after describing everything, the writer also wants to inform that Obama would have been in danger if his visit was 1 week earlier than it was actually scheduled.
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