Tuesday, May 6, 2008

A Devastating Cyclone Hit Myanmar Saturday

So far, "at least 22,000 were killed and hundreds of thousands are homeless" in Myanmar as a result of the deadly cyclone that hit Saturday.

Aid is not getting to affected people fast enough. Red Cross and UN aid agencies seem to be at the forefront for now.

"Based on a satellite map made available by the United Nations, the storm's damage was concentrated over about a 11,600-square-mile area along the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Martaban coastlines — less than 5 percent of the country, but home to nearly a quarter of the country's population."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90213937

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