About the cyclone

Cyclone Nargis, which brought 190 mph winds and a 12 foot tidal surge, hit the Irrawaddy Delta region of Myanmar [Burma] on the morning of Saturday 3 May and is believed to have left over 22,000 dead with 41,000 still missing. There are fears that as many as 100,000 people may have died.

The country’s infrastructure [roads, buildings, bridges, water and power supplies] has been badly damaged. In the largest city Yangon (Rangoon), tens of thousands of houses have been destroyed. There has lot of damage in other parts of the country but aid workers are still to reach these areas.