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Cyclone death toll nears 4,000 in Myanmar, state radio says
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Posted 05 May 2008 @ 04:18 pm GMT
Almost 4,000 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others are unaccounted for in a single town after a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, a state radio station said Monday.
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Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, early Saturday with winds of up to 120 mph. The cyclone blew roofs off hospitals and schools and cut electricity.
On Sunday, the government had put the death toll countrywide at 351 people.
The radio station broadcasting from the country's capital, Naypyitaw, said Monday that almost 3,000 people are unaccounted for in a single town in the country's low-lying Irrawaddy River delta area.
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