YANGON, May 11 (Xinhua) -- More aircrafts laden with
relief materials from the international community touched down at the Yangon
International Airport Sunday for the delivery to the cyclone-devastated regions
of Myanmar, state radio and television reported Sunday evening.
These aid supplies included that from the King of
Thailand, International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC), Greek, Japan
International Cooperation Agency, Petronas of Malaysia and Pakistan.
A worker prepares to load relief
supplies from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) for the cyclone-devastated
regions of Myanmar at Ostend Airport May 11, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters
Photo) Photo
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The relief goods comprise bags of first aid kit,
tent, medicine, water purifier, plastics and blanket.
International humanitarian aid has been pouring in
Myanmar since Tuesday with aircrafts carrying various relief materials from
different countries and organizations landing at the airport one after another
for Myanmar's homeless cyclone survivors.
These international organizations and countries also
include World Food Program, World Health Organization, Red Cross Society, Prince
of Thailand, China, Singapore, Thailand, India, Russia, Italy, Bangladesh,
Japan, Laos and Ukraine.
The items comprise mosquito net, power generator, dry
potato and pork, instant noodle, high-energy biscuit, cloth, zinc sheet, hammer
and nail, and candle.
People line up to receive water in a
cyclone-hit village located near the capital Yangon May 11, 2008.
(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
These international aid goods, along with those
donated by different walks of life in Yangon, have been transported by the
Myanmar side to the disaster-hit Ayeyawaddy delta region as reported.
Meanwhile, the Myanmar government has agreed to an
offer of the United States to send in humanitarian aid which is scheduled to
arrive on Monday.
Myanmar said the best way to help Myanmar is to send
in material rather than personnel, clarifying that the country is not yet ready
to receive search and rescue teams as well as media personnel.
The deadly tropical cyclone Nargis, which occurred
over the Bay of Bengal, severely hit last weekend five divisions and states of
Myanmar -- Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawaddy, Kayin and Mon, causing the heaviest ever
casualties and infrastructural damage.
According to an official updated death toll Sunday, a
total of 28,485 people have lost their lives in the cyclone storm with
altogether 33,416 people remained missing.
A young boy sits by the wreckage of a
home near Kyauktan May 11, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo
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YANGON, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of Myanmar's cyclone disaster rose to
28,458 from 23,335, according to a brief news report of the state TV Sunday
evening.
Altogether 33,416 people remained missing, down from
37,019, the report said. Full story
YANGON,
May 10 (Xinhua) -- A special aircraft, laden with more relief supplies mainly
medicines, arrived at the Yangon International Airport Saturday afternoon from
China as the country's third batch of aid materials airlifted to Myanmar for
cyclone-hit homeless survivors.
The Boeing 747-400 aircraft, Jade Cargo, brought along 58
tons more of relief materials which also include tents and water purifiers. Full story
UNITED
NATIONS, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations launched a flash appeal for 187
million U.S. dollars on Friday to aid more than 1.5 million victims of Cyclone
Nargis, which struck Myanmar last week.
The flash appeal would enable 10 UN organizations and nine
nongovernmental organizations to "support the government of Myanmar in
addressing the needs of more than 1,500,000 people affected by the cyclone,"
said a UN statement. Full story
