Yangon Cyclone Nargis News Update
Myanmar cyclone deaths top 15,000; many missing: YANGON (Reuters) - The cyclone and storm surge that tore through Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta killed at least 15,000 people and left 30,000 missing, officials said on Tuesday, warning the toll could rise in low-lying, remote villages.
Daily life partly resumes in cyclone-hit Myanmar former capital: YANGON, May 4 (Xinhua) -- A minor part of the daily life started to resume in Myanmar's former capital of Yangon Sunday, the first day in the aftermath of the deadly cyclone Nargis strike the country for 10 hours from Saturday night to Saturday noon.
More than 240 killed in Myanmar cyclone: YANGON (AFP) — More than 240 people were killed when cyclone Nargis tore through military-run Myanmar this weekend, an information ministry official said Sunday.
"According to the latest information we have, altogether 19 people were killed in Yangon division and then about 222 people killed in Ayeyawaddy division," the official told AFP.
Nargis made landfall around the mouth of the Ayeyawaddy (Irrawaddy) river, about 220 kilometres (137 miles) southwest of Yangon, late Friday before hitting the country's economic hub of Yangon.
Myanmar cyclone flattens two delta towns: YANGON (Reuters) - Cyclone Nargis caused three out of four buildings to collapse in two towns, Laputta and Kyaik Lat, deep in the Irrawaddy delta when it slammed into central Myanmar this weekend, official media said on Sunday.
Myanmar damage will take days to assess:BANGKOK (Reuters) - It will take several days to assess the scale of damage wrought by a large tropical cyclone that slammed into Myanmar's main city, Yangon, and outlying areas, a top U.N. official said on Sunday.
"There does not seem to be a high number of casualties but for sure there is a lot of damage to property and infrastructure," Therje Skavdal told Reuters in Bangkok.
"It's early and it will take a few days before we get an overview of the damage," said Skavdal, regional head U.N. office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).
Daily life partly resumes in cyclone-hit Myanmar former capital: YANGON, May 4 (Xinhua) -- A minor part of the daily life started to resume in Myanmar's former capital of Yangon Sunday, the first day in the aftermath of the deadly cyclone Nargis strike the country for 10 hours from Saturday night to Saturday noon.
Yangon residents began to move about mostly on foot as few number of public buses could run as such huge vehicles find impossible to fight their ways through roads densely blocked by the Nargis-triggered fallen trees and its long and thick branches.
Only a number of small vehicles were seen picking up passengers who are worried and eager to travel and meet their relatives and friends probably in trouble and need help if victimized.
Passengers traveling by road were stranded at bus terminals, even finding difficult to get a taxi as an alternative way, the fare of which became doubled, passengers said.
More than 240 killed in Myanmar cyclone: YANGON (AFP) — More than 240 people were killed when cyclone Nargis tore through military-run Myanmar this weekend, an information ministry official said Sunday.
"According to the latest information we have, altogether 19 people were killed in Yangon division and then about 222 people killed in Ayeyawaddy division," the official told AFP.
Nargis made landfall around the mouth of the Ayeyawaddy (Irrawaddy) river, about 220 kilometres (137 miles) southwest of Yangon, late Friday before hitting the country's economic hub of Yangon.
Myanmar cyclone flattens two delta towns: YANGON (Reuters) - Cyclone Nargis caused three out of four buildings to collapse in two towns, Laputta and Kyaik Lat, deep in the Irrawaddy delta when it slammed into central Myanmar this weekend, official media said on Sunday.
Myanmar damage will take days to assess:BANGKOK (Reuters) - It will take several days to assess the scale of damage wrought by a large tropical cyclone that slammed into Myanmar's main city, Yangon, and outlying areas, a top U.N. official said on Sunday.
"There does not seem to be a high number of casualties but for sure there is a lot of damage to property and infrastructure," Therje Skavdal told Reuters in Bangkok.
"It's early and it will take a few days before we get an overview of the damage," said Skavdal, regional head U.N. office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).
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