Cyclone kills at least 350 in Maynmar, state run TV reports.

Stuart G

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Sun May-04-08 09:15 AM
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Cyclone kills at least 350 in Maynmar, state run TV reports.

Edited on Sun May-04-08 09:16 AM by Stuart G

Source: Yahoo News, AP

Cyclone kills at least 351 in Myanmar, state-run TV reports

By AYE AYE WIN, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's state-run television reports that a powerful cyclone has killed at least 351 people.

State-run television says the toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis includes 109 who lived on Haing Gyi island located off the country's southwest coast.

A U.N. official said earlier that thousands of homes have been destroyed, mostly in the low-lying Irrawaddy delta.

The military-run Myaddy television station says five regions of the country have been declared disaster zones.

� More than 240 people were killed and thousands of homes were destroyed by a powerful cyclone that swept through Myanmar, state-run media said Sunday.
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alfredo

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Sun May-04-08 09:42 AM
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1. I've been watching this one for some time. It got up to Cat 4 for a while

but weakened.

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louis-t

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Sun May-04-08 04:05 PM
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2. Your title has Myanmar spelled wrong.

Don't you hate when the spelling police show up?:banghead:

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Eugene

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Mon May-05-08 07:18 AM
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3. Burma's storm toll 'nears 4,000' - BBC

Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 12:02 GMT, Monday, 5 May 2008 13:02 UK

Burma's storm toll 'nears 4,000'

The death toll in Burma has reached nearly 4,000 people
following a cyclone that hit the country on Saturday,
state media say.

It says 3,969 people have been killed and almost 3,000
more are missing. Earlier on Monday, state media said
the death toll stood at 351.

Five Burma's regions have been declared disaster zones.

Several hundred thousand people in the country are now
in need of shelter and drinking water, the UN says.

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