Cyclone in Burma
Are you or anybody you know currently in Burma?
Tell us what you see or what you have been told about the damage done by the cyclone.
Can travellers do anything to help the people of Burma during this difficult time?
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YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) -- The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone is more than 15,000 people, Myanmar's government has said, with at least 10,000 killed in the township of Bogalay alone, according to the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua.
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I haven't seen any television reports but what I'm seeing on the internet looks terrible. Every time I look at any reports the death toll rises another few thousand - with the terrible infrastructure and poverty in the rural areas I'm sure this is just the start. I hope the regime relents and lets the aid agencies help. Reply to this
I haven't seen any television reports but what I'm seeing on the internet looks terrible. Every time I look at any reports the death toll rises another few thousand - with the terrible infrastructure and poverty in the rural areas I'm sure this is just the start. I hope the regime relents and lets the aid agencies help. Reply to this
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Diplomats were summoned to a government briefing Monday as the reclusive southeast Asian country's ruling military junta issued a rare appeal for international assistance in the face of an escalating humanitarian crisis.
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The government has been criticized for failing to rush aid to victims, angering a public already simmering with discontent after the junta's deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests last September.
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The United Nations suspended relief supplies to Myanmar on Friday after the military government seized the food and equipment it had already sent into the country and turned away two aid workers but said it would resume the aid flights on Saturday.
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