Myanmar Cyclone Death Nearly 4,000
Posted by feww on May 5, 2008
Update #1: Deadly Nargis Cyclone
“The confirmed number is 3,934 dead, 41 injured and 2,879 missing within the Yangon and Irrawaddy divisions,” Myanmar TV reported.
“The death toll only covers two of the five disaster zones where U.N. officials said hundreds of thousands of people were without shelter and drinking water in the impoverished Southeast Asian country.” (Source)
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