Cyclone Nargis (JTWC designation: 01B, also known as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis), was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Burma (officially known as Myanmar). The cyclone made landfall in the country on May 2, 2008, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 130,000 fatalities with thousands more people still missing. However, the Labutta...
SITUATION REMAINS DIRE FOR MYANMAR CYCLONE VICTIMS, UN AGENCIES WARN New York, Jul 25 2008 10:00AM Nearly three months after deadly Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of children and adults are in need of critical humanitarian assistance, two United Nations agencies on the frontlines of relief efforts said> /a> today. "The situation in Myanmar remains dire," said Chris Kaye, Country...
SITUATION REMAINS DIRE FOR MYANMAR CYCLONE VICTIMS, UN AGENCIES WARN New York, Jul 25 2008 10:00AM Nearly three months after deadly Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of children and adults are in need of critical humanitarian assistance, two United Nations agencies on the frontlines of relief efforts said> /a> today. "The situation in Myanmar remains dire," said Chris Kaye, Country...
One of Al Jazeera's correspondents in Myanmar has managed to reach the area worst-hit by Cyclone Nargis and hear for the first time eye-witness accounts of the true scale of the disaster. AlJazeera English : May 08, 2008
TOP UN OFFICIAL DISCUSSES CYCLONE RESPONSE WITH MYANMAR'S PRIME MINISTER New York, Jul 24 2008 6:00PM The top United Nations humanitarian official today held talks with Myanmar's Prime Minister to discuss progress made in assisting survivors of the deadly Cyclone Nargis which struck the South-East Asian nation in early May. Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes told the Prime Minister, General Thein...
TOP UN OFFICIAL DISCUSSES CYCLONE RESPONSE WITH MYANMAR'S PRIME MINISTER New York, Jul 24 2008 6:00PM The top United Nations humanitarian official today held talks with Myanmar's Prime Minister to discuss progress made in assisting survivors of the deadly Cyclone Nargis which struck the South-East Asian nation in early May. Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes told the Prime Minister, General Thein...
Exactly one month ago Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta region, leaving more than 130,000 people dead or missing. Now aid workers are fighting to prevent a second disaster caused by disease and malnutrition. Selina Downes reports from Bangkok. ( AlJazeera English : June 03, 2008 )
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Cyclone Nargis, which battered Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta on 2 and 3 May, left an estimated US$4 billion worth of damage, on a par with the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia, according to a new assessment.
Cyclone Nargis, which swept across Burma in May, caused more than $4bn in damage and losses to the country, according to an international assessment. It was a similar level of devastation to the 2004 Asian tsunami in Indonesia
SINGAPORE (AP) — Survivors of Myanmar’s Cyclone Nargis face a “second emergency” unless relief efforts receive an influx of $1 billion in international aid over the next three years, according to the first full assessment of the disaster released Monday….
from the Guardian Estimates are now being made about the damage of the cyclone that him Myanmar earlier this year. Along with criticisms of it's government. - Kale By VIJAY JOSHI SINGAPORE - Myanmar needs at least $1 billion over the next three years to put the survivors of Cyclone Nargis back on their feet, a U.N.-led report said Monday in the first comprehensive assessment of damage caused by the...
