Powerful aftershocks are making rescue operations difficult in Thailand and me and mar this morning, with at least as seventeen hundred people killed after that seven point seven magnitude earthquake rocked both countries over the weekend. While the rising death toll shows no signs of slowing down, emergency responders continue digging through the rubble in the hope of finding more survivors, and vision of the dramatic moment the tremor hit keeps emerging. Take a look at this nurses shielding newborns in a maternity ward inside a Chinese hospital. They rush to protect the babies as that room absolutely shook. Just remarkable, isn't it? That vision for more? Let's bring in Elisa Edwards, who is an Australian teaching in Bangkok. Great to have you with us. What an ordeal you've been through. Take us through the moment the earthquake hit.

Powerful aftershocks are making rescue operations difficult in Thailand and me and mar this morning, with at least as seventeen hundred people killed after that seven point seven magnitude earthquake rocked both countries over the weekend. While the rising death toll shows no signs of slowing down, emergency responders continue digging through the rubble in the hope of finding more survivors, and vision of the dramatic moment the tremor hit keeps emerging. Take a look at this nurses shielding newborns in a maternity ward inside a Chinese hospital. They rush to protect the babies as that room absolutely shook. Just remarkable, isn't it? That vision for more? Let's bring in Elisa Edwards, who is an Australian teaching in Bangkok. Great to have you with us. What an ordeal you've been through. Take us through the moment the earthquake hit.

Yeah, we were quite lucky when it hit in terms of where the children were there in snack outside, so it was quite easy to get them to the football field and it was a very surreal experience, so there wasn't a lot of panic from the children or even the staff, The kids moved quietly to the field. A lot of confusion of what was happening, but we were all very lucky that there were no injuries and everybody got out safely into the field. And then it's just a wait for parents having to pick up their kids. It happened about one twenty here our time, amazing, and because of the traffic, it was very difficult for a lot of parents to get there to pick up their children.

Yeah, we were quite lucky when it hit in terms of where the children were there in snack outside, so it was quite easy to get them to the football field and it was a very surreal experience, so there wasn't a lot of panic from the children or even the staff, The kids moved quietly to the field. A lot of confusion of what was happening, but we were all very lucky that there were no injuries and everybody got out safely into the field. And then it's just a wait for parents having to pick up their kids. It happened about one twenty here our time, amazing, and because of the traffic, it was very difficult for a lot of parents to get there to pick up their children.

I can only imagine the panic from the parents trying to get there. Have you ever experienced anything like this.

I can only imagine the panic from the parents trying to get there. Have you ever experienced anything like this.

I have lived in Ecuador before, but these I've lived in Bangkok for twenty years and we've never experienced anything like it, So you don't expect it to be an earthquake. I think it took people a bit of time to work out what was happening, but the tremor went on for nearly three minutes, so it was enough time to work out that it wasn't normal, and everybody was feeling a bit strange at the time.

I have lived in Ecuador before, but these I've lived in Bangkok for twenty years and we've never experienced anything like it, So you don't expect it to be an earthquake. I think it took people a bit of time to work out what was happening, but the tremor went on for nearly three minutes, so it was enough time to work out that it wasn't normal, and everybody was feeling a bit strange at the time.

You've been teaching for a long time, primary school age kids, young kids, how do you explain it to them what's going on?

You've been teaching for a long time, primary school age kids, young kids, how do you explain it to them what's going on?

A lot of them are aware because of the tsunami that had happened years ago in Thailand, of earthquakes and the effective earthquakes, So they're very aware of those sorts of situations, and I think ties are very good at being calm at the time and they're superpower guesses to support other people. So we had a lot of families take on other children whose parents couldn't get to school and just making sure that everyone else was okay at the time.

A lot of them are aware because of the tsunami that had happened years ago in Thailand, of earthquakes and the effective earthquakes, So they're very aware of those sorts of situations, and I think ties are very good at being calm at the time and they're superpower guesses to support other people. So we had a lot of families take on other children whose parents couldn't get to school and just making sure that everyone else was okay at the time.

Just quickly. How's the XPAC community over their feeling at the moment? Is their unrest of people thinking I might head home now?

Just quickly. How's the XPAC community over their feeling at the moment? Is their unrest of people thinking I might head home now?

No, I think people here are very comfortable living hair Still a lot of the damage to the buildings in Bangkok anyway are fairly superficial, except for the one in Chatter Chuck, And there is that community support here, both within the XPAC community and the extended time community that people are there to help each other.

No, I think people here are very comfortable living hair Still a lot of the damage to the buildings in Bangkok anyway are fairly superficial, except for the one in Chatter Chuck, And there is that community support here, both within the XPAC community and the extended time community that people are there to help each other.

Lisa, thanks for sharing your experience. Really appreciate it.

Lisa, thanks for sharing your experience. Really appreciate it.