QuickNews

The casualty count has been rising quickly as authorities reach hard-hit islands and villages in the Irrawaddy delta, the countrys major rice-producing region, which bore the brunt of Cyclone Nargiss 120-mile-per hour winds. Myanmar Foreign Minister told diplomats in Yangonclass=xref> Monday that more than 10,000 people may have died when Cyclone Nargis struck Saturday. No [...]

State radio reported Saturdays vote on a draft constitution would be delayed until May 24 in 40 townships around Yangon and seven in the Irrawaddy delta, which bore the brunt of the killer storm. Kyaw Hsan confirmed at a news conference that some 4000 people had died in Yangon and the low-lying Irrawaddy delta region. [...]

Burma has declared Irrawaddy and four other regions, including the main city Rangoon, to be disaster areas. Rangoon has been without power and water, its streets full of debris. Winds of about 190km/h (120mph) battered the Irrawaddy, Rangoon, Bago, Karen and Mon regions. Cyclone Nargis has since moved towards Thailand where storm warnings have been [...]

The international community has pledged to help the Southeast Asian nation after a cyclone slammed into its Irrawaddy delta on the weekend. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has called on Myanmar’s military junta to allow the United States to help with disaster assistance after a devastating cyclone. But he said that in order to do [...]

What makes this cyclone different from recent disasters like the tsunami, the earthquake in Pakistan, or even the cyclone that hit Bangladesh some years ago? Chris Kaye, the UN’s acting humanitarian co-ordinator, said Sunday that thousands of homes have been destroyed, with the low-lying Irrawaddy delta being hit the hardest. “The Irrawaddy delta was hit [...]