Last week’s violent earthquakes tore through a part of the country that had already borne the brunt of a brutal campaign by the country’s military junta to root out resistance.

Here’s what to know about the challenges from the natural disaster—compounded by ongoing civil war—and where the country could go from here.

But as the country faces its latest natural disaster, Myanmar’s military leadership has struck a different tone, declaring a state of emergency and calling for humanitarian assistance and blood donations just hours after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake devastated the country’s second city, Mandalay.