Monday, May 5, 2008
cyclone
India Sending Two Relief Ships To Cyclone-hit Myanmar (Second Lead)
India Sending Two Relief Ships To Cyclone-hit Myanmar (Second Lead) With the death toll in the Myanmar cyclone now standing at around 15,000, India has despatched two naval ships loaded with relief supplies to the cyclone-battered nation, with more relief assistance to be sent by air. Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar Friday night with winds of speed up to 190 kmph. It subsided after 10 hours Saturday morning, leaving behind large-scale devastation in several areas of Yangon and the Irrawady delta. readLa Birmanie , dans le cyclone ....FACTBOX: Timeline of major Asian cyclones
(Reuters) - A devastating cyclone has killed 10,000 people and left 3,000 missing in army-ruled Myanmar according to provisional estimates, a diplomat said on Monday after a Myanmar government briefing on Saturday's storm. readCyclone Toll Rising
Cyclone Toll Rising TALK ABOUT people who did not live to see this day. Wow. This is horrible. The death toll from the devastating cyclone in Myanmar over the weekend escalated to nearly 4000 people on Monday, with thousands of others still missing and at least one entire village wiped out, state television and radio reported. —NYTimes
The Unapologetic Mexican has been known to scribble a few things besides meandering, verbose, self-congratulatory blog posts. However, they are rarely as readSupplies Dwindle After Deadly Cyclone Hits Myanmar
Residents of Myanmar's largest city are lining up to buy the last of the city's safe water. Instead of electricity, they're using candles — which have doubled in price. Those are some of the conditions facing survivors of a tropical cyclone. Official broadcasts say the storm killed almost 4,000 people. Thousands more are missing. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us read
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