Rescue efforts continue in Myanmar past 'golden time'

Rescue efforts continue in Myanmar, with the 72-hour "golden time" period since the magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the southeast Asian nation last week now passed.

According to AFP on Monday, rescue teams and citizens in the city of Mandalay continue to search for survivors in sweltering heat above 40 degrees Celsius.

Rescue personnel are also struggling to search through rubble due to a lack of manpower and equipment.

Myanmar's military government says over 2-thousand are dead and more than 39-hundred injured.

It also announced it would observe a week-long national mourning period.

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the final death toll could surpass 10-thousand.