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Myanmar: Red Cross said that almost 130,000 people may have perished

14 May, 2008 (20:39) | News | einstein




The Red Cross said that almost 130,000 people may have perished in the Burmese cyclone disaster, as a second deadly storm gathered off the Burmese coast.

The organisation said that the toll may be 127,990, almost 30,000 higher than the figure estimated by the US embassy in Rangoon.

A further 2.51 million people have been left battling to survive the cylone’s aftermath with inadequate food, shelter or drinking water, the organisation said.

The threat of a second cyclone was once again ignored by the Burmese authorities, who have yet to alert the country….

Source: telegraph.co.uk/

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