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 Gallery>>>
YANGON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Seventeen more people died in a tropical cyclone storm Nargis that swept Myanmar's five divisions and states last weekend, bringing the total death toll to 22,997, state radio reported Thursday evening, quoting an updated death toll as of 3:00 p.m. local time the same day.
42,119 people remained missing, the report said.
The injured increased by 12,620, bringing the total to 14,003, the report added.
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Bago, Mon and Kayin as well as some five townships of Yangon division and 19 townships of Ayeyawaddy division were withdrawn from being the natural-disaster-hit areas status on Tuesday with a claim that these areas have basically returned to normal.
A total of 40 townships in Yangon division and 7 townships in Ayeyawaddy division still remain as the natural-disaster-hit areas status and relief and rehabilitation work are urgently underway in these areas.
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
