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) Photo
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BEIJING, May 8 (Xinhuanet) -- A senior U.S.
diplomat in Myanmar said the death toll in cyclone Nargis that swept
Myanmar's five divisions and states may exceed 100,000, according to media
reports Thursday.
"The information we are receiving indicates over
100,000 deaths," said Shari Villarosa, the U.S. charge d'affaires in Yangon, "I
think most of the damage was caused by these 12-foot storm surges."
The death toll is
about 23,000 according to the Myanmar state radio by
Wednesday night, and the number of missing has risen to 42,119. But Villarosa
said 70,000 people are missing in the Irrawaddy Delta, which has a population of
nearly 6 million people.
Villarosa said the U.S. figure is based on
data from an international non-governmental organization, without naming the
group.
"I can only assume that the longer the delay, the
more victims that are created," she said.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
