Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks; toll climbs beyond 28,000 A Red Cross boat carrying rice and drinking water for cyclone victims sank Sunday, while the death toll jumped to more than 28,000 and aid groups warned of a humanitarian catastrophe. 11 May 2008
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US envoy says toll from Myanmar cyclone might reach 100,000 Hungry people swarmed the few open shops and fistfights broke out over food and water in Myanmar's swamped Irrawaddy delta Wednesday as a top U.S. diplomat warned that the death toll from a devastating cyclone could top 100,000. 08 May 2008
Cyclone has devastated Myanmar's rice region, experts say Myanmar's rice-growing heartland has been devastated by Cyclone Nargis, posing worries of long-term food shortages for the impoverished country and political problems for its military regime, experts said Wednesday. 07 May 2008
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Myanmar cyclone deaths top 15,000; many missing The cyclone and storm surge that tore through Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta killed at least 15,000 people and left 30,000 missing, officials said on Tuesday, warning the toll could rise in low-lying, remote villages. 06 May 2008
Cyclone death toll nears 4,000 in Myanmar, state radio says 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. 05 May 2008
Bangladesh relief effort stepped up with U.S. help U.S. military helicopters and Bangladesh air force planes stepped up relief operations in the cyclone-ravaged country on Tuesday as attention turned from rescue efforts to getting survivors back on their feet. 28 Nov 2007
