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Flooded villages are seen in this aerial
view near an airport in Yangon, May 5, 2008, after Cyclone Nargis slammed
into Myanmar's main city on Saturday, ripping off roofs, felling trees and
raising fears of major casualties.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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YANGON, May 6 (Xinhua) -- A total of 22,464 people have been killed in two divisions of Yangon and Ayeyawaddy in Cyclone Nargisthat swept Myanmar's five divisions and states last Friday and Saturday, state radio reported Tuesday evening, quoting an updated figure released at noon.
Among the victims, 21,793 are in Ayeyawaddy division, while 671in Yangon division.
A total of 41,054 are still missing -- 40,695 in Ayeyawaddy division and 359 in Yangon division, the report said, adding that 670 were injured in the Yangon division alone.
The deadly cyclone, which occurred over the Bay of Bengal, hit five divisions and states -- Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawaddy, Kayin and Mon, of which Ayeyawaddy and Yangon sustained the most casualties.
Myanmar declared the five divisions and states as natural-disaster-hit regions a day after the cyclone hit the country.
However, Bago, Mon and Kayin as well as some five townships of Yangon division and 19 townships of Ayeyawaddy division were withdrawn from being the natural-disaster-hit areas on Tuesday with a claim that these areas have basically returned to normal, according to an earlier official announcement on Tuesday afternoon.
A total of 40 townships in Yangon division and seven townships in Ayeyawaddy division still remain as natural-disaster-hit areas.
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BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- A devastating cyclone that
struck Myanmar last Friday and Saturday has killed at least 15,000 people and
left 3,000 missing, and the death toll may continue to rise, Myanmar's national
television station reported Monday. Full story
Int'l flights to resume in
Myanmar
YANGON, May 4 (Xinhua) -- All international
and domestic flights through Myanmar's Yangon International Airport will resume
on Monday, the State Radio reported in a night broadcast on Sunday.
The planned resumption of the flights was announced after repair was made on
some of the damaged airport infrastructure caused by a violent cyclone Nargis
that swept Yangon on Saturday. Full Story
Chinese FM condoles over Myanmar cyclone
disaster
BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua)
-- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechion Sunday sent a message of condolences
to his Myanmar counterpart U Nyan Win over the weekend cyclone disaster.
Deadly cyclone Nargis, which occurred over the Bay of
Bengal and struck Yangon for over 10 hours from Friday midnight to Saturday
noon, has causes serious damage to the city, killing more than 240 people. Full Story
Daily life partly resumes in
cyclone-hit Myanmar former capital
YANGON, May 4 (Xinhua) -- A minor part of the daily life
started to resume in Myanmar's former capital of Yangon Sunday, the first day in
the aftermath of the deadly cyclone Nargis strike the country for 10 hours from
Saturday night to Saturday noon.
Yangon residents began to move about mostly on foot as few
number of public buses could run as such huge vehicles find impossible to fight
their ways through roads densely blocked by the Nargis-triggered fallen trees
and its long and thick branches. Full Story
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