Latest photos from Myanmar Cyclone
Using basic hand tools, two men in Yangon, like many Myanmar residents, are performing much of the cleanup work themselves for lack of foreign or domestic assistance.
Myanmar residents walk past houses destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Myanmar.
May 9, 2008
Women and children get by with makeshift bathing arrangements on the streets of downtown Yangon.
May 8, 2008
A baby cries in the arms of her mother as they wait for a government distribution of rice on the outskirts of Yangon. Little outside aid was making its way into the country.
May 8, 2008
People left homeless by the Myanmar cyclone take refuge in a monastery in the village of Kaw Hmu.
May 8, 2008
A statue of Buddha stands amid the damage to the Aung Zey Yong Pagoda in Kyauktan Township in southern Myanmar.
May 8, 2008
An aerial photo shows the flooding that has devastated vast low-lying areas of Myanmar.
May 8, 2008
A relief worker hands out bottled water in the town of Labutta.
A homeless woman cooks food for her family next to destroyed houses in Konegyangone township on the outskirts of Yangon.
May 7, 2008
A boat was carried onto land in Haing Gyi Island, in southwest Myanmar.
May 5, 2008
Families sort through their destroyed houses in Konegyangone township, looking for possessions.
May 7, 2008
In the town of Dedaye, a family sets up shelter in a makeshift tent next to their destroyed house.
May 7, 2008
Bodies dot a flooded field in Labutta.
In this photo released by the Mandalay Gazette, a sunken ship is seen in a river in Yangon, Myanmar.
A man stands at the broken pier following the cyclone in Yangon.
May 7, 2008
Cyclone affected families cook food from relief goods in the Konegyangone township in the outskirts of Yangon.
May 7, 2008
An injured resident sits on a floor after receiving first aid at an unknown village in Irrawaddy Delta.
May 5, 2008
Villagers try to remove their dead animals away from their residence in the Konegyangone township in the outskirts of Yangon.
May 7, 2008
Villagers wait for relief goods in the Irrawaddy delta region of Myanmar after last week’s cyclone inflicted widespread damage. The government said more than 22,000 people were dead and 41,000 missing.
May 6, 2008
Bangladeshi soldiers prepare to fly out aid for Myanmar from Kurmitola air base in Dhaka.
May 7, 2008
Thai workers load food items on a Royal Thai Air Force plane in Bangkok, destined for cyclone hit Myanmar.
May 7, 2008
An Indonesian soldier and a worker unload food aid from a truck for transportation to Myanmar at an air base in Jakarta.
May 7, 2008
In this photo released by Myanmar’s News Agency, soldiers and rescue workers arrange relief goods, including medical supplies, for distribution in a cyclone-struck village in the Irrawaddy Delta region. With at least 22,000 dead, another 41,000 missing and the toll expected to continue rising from the weekend cyclone, many aid agencies are still awaiting travel visas to enter the reclusive nation.
May 6, 2008
An aerial view shows a devastated town, with many roofs missing, in the Irrawaddy delta region of Myanmar.
May 6, 2008
An aerial view of a devastated factory in a village in the Irrawaddy Delta region. A government official said that many of those who perished were killed by a tidal wave that washed away whole villages in the Irrawaddy River delta, the area hit hardest by the cyclone.
May 6, 2008
Myanmar’s Prime Minister Thein Sein, second from the right, meets people affected by the cyclone during a visit to a village in the Irrawaddy Delta region.
May 6, 2008
An uprooted tree lies in a street in Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, after a cyclone tore through the impoverished Southeast Asian nation Saturday. Officials said the death toll, which previously had been put at 351, could hit 10,000.
May 5, 2008
Residents were busy clearing fallen trees from roads in Yangon, where there were reports of power lines downed and homes with their roofs blown off and windows shattered. Nationwide, hundreds of thousands may be left homeless.
May 5, 2008
Storm damage is visible in Yangon. A political dissident said he had received reports of problems with drinking water and rising prices of basic commodities in the city.
May 5, 2008
Residents step around fallen trees. Saturday’s cyclone packed winds of up to 120 mph. Particularly hard hit was the fertile, low-lying Irrawaddy River delta, where at least 3,000 people were reported missing from a single district.
May 5, 2008
In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, monks clear a road in Yangon. Aid officials said it could be several days or even weeks before an accurate death count and damage assessment could be made.
May 5, 2008
Displaced residents take shelter in a buddhist temple in Yangon.
May 5, 2008
Damage from the Myanmar cyclone was widespread, making it difficult for relief agencies to reach those in need.
May 5, 2008
Survivors wait for relief supplies on Haing Guy Island.
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