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Photo taken on May 7, 2008 shows an
aerial view of a badly stricken village in Irrawaddy, Myanmar.
International relief aid from Japan, Bangladesh, Laos, China, Thailand,
India and Singapore has been poured in Myanmar till Wednesday for the
country's storm victims, according to Myanmar's state radio, and there
will be more in future. Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on May 2 and 3 leaving
about 22,000 people dead and 41,000 missing. (Xinhua/Burma News
Agency)
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YANGON, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of Myanmar's
cyclone disaster rose by 338 to 23,335 from 22,997, according to a news report
of the state radio Friday evening.
Altogether 37,019 people remained missing, down from
42,119, the report said, adding that the number of the injured stood 1,403.
A deadly tropical cyclone Nargis, which occurred over
the Bay of Bengal, hit five divisions and states including Yangon, Bago,
Ayeyawaddy, Kayin and Mon in the last weekend, of which Ayeyawaddy and Yangon
sustained the heaviest casualties and infrastructure damage.
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withdrawn from being the natural-disaster-hit areas status on Tuesday with a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 have still remained as the natural-disaster-hit
areas status. Relief and rehabilitation works are underway in these areas.
Increased international relief
supplies delivered to Myanmar
YANGON, May 10 (Xinhua) -- More aircraft carrying relief materials from the
international community landed at the Yangon International Airport Saturday for
the delivery to the hardest cyclone-hit regions of Myanmar.
The international organizations and countries, which sent in the supplies,
include the World Food Program (WFP), China, Singapore, Thailand, India and
Russia. Full story
Myanmar welcomes int'l assistance for
cyclone victims
JAKARTA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar government has made it clear that it
welcomes other countries' efforts to extend humanitarian assistance for the
victims of Cyclone Nargis which hit the country last week, an Indonesian foreign
ministry spokesman said.
Myanmar's attitude was expressed by its foreign minister, U Nyan Win, to his
Indonesian counterpart, Hassan Wirajudha, by telephone, Antara news agency
quoted the ministry's spokesman, Kristiarto Soeryo Legowo, as saying on
Friday.Full story
Backgrounder: Chronology of major
global cyclones
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
