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Workers carry China's relief materials at Yangon International Airport in Yangon May 7, 2008. China's relief materials worth 500,000 U.S. dollars arrived at Yangon International Airport and were delivered to Myanmar May 7, as part of China's 1 million dollars worth of emergency relief aid to the cyclone-devastated country. China has also extended to Myanmar a money aid of 500,000 dollars. (Xinhua/Zhang Yunfei)
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YANGON, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Another 516 people were confirmed death in the violent cyclone storm Nargis that swept Myanmar's five divisions and states on last Friday and Saturday, bring the death toll to 22,980, state radio reported Wednesday night, the fourth day in the aftermath of the disaster.
The number of missing has risen to 42,119.
The injured also increased by 713, bringing the total to 1,383,the report said.
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 heaviest casualties and property loss.
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Bago, Mon and Kayin as well as some five townships of Yangon division and 19 townships of Ayeyawaddy division were withdrawn from being the natural-disaster-hit areas status on Tuesday with a claim that these areas have basically returned to normal, according to an earlier official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 7 townships in Ayeyawaddy division still remain as the natural-disaster-hit areas status.
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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
Relief work for cyclone victims underway in Myanmar
YANGON, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Relief work for cyclone victims are urgently underway in Myanmar's cyclone-hit regions with the government, non-governmental organizations and individuals being engaged in striving for the reconstruction of infrastructures destroyed in a recent deadly cyclone storm and rendering assistance to the victims. Full Story
UN chief concerned about "continuing tragedy" in Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern on Wednesday about the "continuing tragedy" in Myanmar, where over 22,000 people have been killed by Cyclone Nargis. Full Story
UN to allocate 10 mln USD for cyclone-hit Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations announced Wednesday that it will allocate a minimum of 10 million U.S. dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for Myanmar, where a cyclone has killed at least 22,000 people. 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. 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. 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. Full Story
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