YANGON, June 29 (Xinhua) -- A tripartite core group involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Myanmar and the United Nations (U.N.) has released a preliminary cyclone impact joint assessment report in Yangon and the report is to be submitted to the ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Meeting in Singapore scheduled for July 20-21, according to a local weekly Sunday.

    The cyclone Nargis impact report was compiled based on the data collected in 30 townships in Yangon division and 380 villages in Labutta and Pyapon, two severely affected townships in the Ayeyawaddy delta, the news journal Voice said.

    The report said the impact assessment and findings were made on60 percent of cyclone-affected households and 50 percent through interview of them.

    According to the report, 42 percent of the stored rations were totally destroyed with 11 percent being partially spoiled. And 56 percent of the Nargis households had to buy food from the market and 45 percent of them had to obtain humanitarian aid from domestic and international non-governmental organizations, Myanmar government and domestic well wishers.

    In the health sector, 22 percent of the affected people had psychological stress, 45 percent catching cold, 35 percent suffering from diarrhoea, 35 percent ailing, 30 percent getting injured with others being infected with skin disease, the report said, pointing out that disposal of urine and stool was done in the open field.

    Besides, 59 percent of house roofings were totally destroyed, 60 percent of bamboo housings, which are durable for two years only, were much rebuilt after disaster and 47 percent of the farms areas escaped from flooding with some of the flooded areas still cultivable, according to the preliminary report.

    The tripartite core group worked for 10 days from June 11 to 20to make the joint assessment.

    Cyclone Nargis, which occurred over the Bay of Bengal, hit five divisions and states -- Ayeyawaddy, Yangon, Bago, Mon and Kayin on May 2-3, of which Ayeyawaddy and Yangon inflicted the heaviest casualties and massive infrastructure damage.

    The storm has killed 84,537 people and left 53,836 missing and 19,359 injured according to the latest official death toll.