YANGON, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) agency will build 40 provisional schools in four cyclone-hard-hit townships in Myanmar's Ayeyawaddy division, the local Weekly Eleven News reported Monday.

    The 40 provisional schools include 8 in Bogalay, 10 in Laputta, 10 in Phyapon and 12 in Dedaye.

    According to the report, the cyclone, which stroke Myanmar early last May, destroyed a total of 4,000 basic education schools and 1,584 monasteries.

    Meanwhile, the UN-Habitat agency, in cooperation with the Myanmar Engineering Society and the Architectural Society, is sponsoring design competitions on storm-resistant buildings. The winning design will be applied in such building construction in the storm-hit region in the country's rehabilitation efforts after storm.

    Besides, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is also helping cyclone survivors to rebuild their storm-ravaged houses in the region.

    Deadly tropical cyclone Nargis hit five divisions and states --Ayeyawaddy, Yangon, Bago, Mon and Kayin on May 2 and 3, of which Ayeyawaddy and Yangon inflicted the heaviest casualties and massive infrastructural damage.

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