Death Toll Rising Sharply

Yesterday I relayed the news that the Tropical Cyclone Nargis claim 3,000 lives and left 4,0000 still missing.
Now, that total has been revised to more than 22,000 dead and 41,000 missing, according to the Myanmar state-run radio.
A news broadcast on government-run radio said that 22,464 people have now been confirmed dead from Cyclone Nargis, which [...]

Burmese Cyclone

The cyclone that hit Myanmar (Burma) on Saturday has claimed 4,000 lives and left 3,000 people still missing.
Almost 4,000 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others are unaccounted for after a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, a state radio station said Monday.
Foreign Minister Nyan Win told foreign diplomats at a briefing that the death toll could [...]