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A week has passed since Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar. The situation on the ground continues to deteriorate: food rationing is inadequate, medical supplies are running out and hundreds of thousands are ...
YANGON, May 10 (Reuters) - The shady streets of Yangon, one of Asia's greenest cities, could have been changed forever by Cyclone Nargis, which knocked down many of its 100-year-old trees.
Official media in Yangon say 10,000 people were killed in one town alone after Cyclone Nargis. Another 30,000 people are said to be missing and aid has reportedly been delayed by government ...
YANGON, Myanmar -- Six months after Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar's coastline, killing tens of thousands of people, aid groups say once-lagging relief efforts have picked up pace but the task of ...
YANGON, Myanmar, May 12 - The first UN aid convoy by land arrived Monday afternoon in Myanmar's main city of Yangon with shelter supplies for immediate distribution to some 10,000 victims of Cyclone ...
BANGKOK, Thailand, May 13 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency's Myanmar office has received nearly 50 additional tonnes of shelter supplies in the last 24 hours to boost its aid distribution in areas ...
YANGON, Myanmar — More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar — but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time ...
THE CYCLONE -- Cyclone Nargis swept across the Irrawaddy Delta and southern Yangon, the former capital, on the evening of May 2, 2008 with winds of 240 kph (150 mph) DEATH AND DAMAGE ...
YANGON, MyanmarTropical Cyclone Nargis hit at a delicate time for the junta, less than a week ahead of a crucial referendum on a new constitution. Should the junta be seen as failing disaster ...
Cyclone Mocha made landfall near Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh, passing through the city that is home to the world’s largest refugee encampment and raising fears of a humanitarian catastrophe.
Tropical Cyclone Nargis destroys thousands of homes in the country, being run by a military junta. YANGON, Myanmar— A powerful cyclone killed more than 350 people and destroyed thousands of ...
YANGON, Myanmar — A powerful cyclone killed more than 350 people, destroyed thousands of homes and knocked out power in the country’s largest city, state-run media said Sunday.