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The cyclone's official death toll has nearly doubled to almost 78,000 and another 56,000 people remain missing two weeks after the devastating storm, state television reported...
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- News Source: The New York Times | 6 months agoetty Images Survivors of the cyclone Nargis in Thetkala on the outskirts of Yangon on Friday. The revised toll began to approach an estimate by the United Nations of more than 100,000 dead. On Wednesday the Red Cross said the death toll could be as
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- News Source: Macleans | 6 months agoThe official death toll from Myanmar's devastating May 2-3 cyclone has jumped to nearly 78,000, state television reported Friday, marking an increase of about 35,000 over just a day earlier. The number of missing doubled to 55,917, after being
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- News Source: San Francisco Chronicle | 6 months agoMyanmar's military rulers have thrown a tightening ring of security around Yangon, blocking aid workers, foreign diplomats and journalists from reaching cyclone-battered regions where millions need food and medicine. New roadblocks manned by armed
- News Source: Seattle Times | 6 months agoAP Volunteers serve breakfast to children at a temple on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. Ordinary people are stepping up to help in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. Cyclone developments Death toll : The government said Thursday that the official death
- News Source: Eitb24 | 6 months agoThe official death toll from Myanmar's devastating May 2-3 cyclone has jumped to nearly 78,000, state television reported Friday, marking an increase of about 35,000 over just a day earlier. The number of missing doubled to 55,917, after being
- News Source: Xinhuanet.com | 6 months agoThe death toll from Cyclone Nargis has risen sharply to 77,738 in Myanmar, the state television reported in a night broadcast Friday, a fortnight after the disaster hit the country...A total of 55,917 people, including 58 government employees
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