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 been a lot of damage in other parts of the country but aid workers are still trying to reach these areas. 8th May 2008