Photos of cyclone I got in my e-mail

Photos of cyclone I got in my e-mail

 

Cyclone survivors take refuge in a temple after
fleeing cyclone-hit Kyauktan
  

Survivors of the deadly cyclone Nargis work on a roof
near the Pyapon river

Cyclone Nargis survivors sit on a jetty that has been turned

into a makeshift refugee centre in Myang Mya

The following photos are likely to be taken [...]

Oxfam has warned that the death toll could multiply 15-fold and estimated 100,000 people have died

Oxfam has warned that the death toll could multiply 15-fold
and estimated 100,000 people have died

By Graham Tibbetts,
Last Updated: 8:01AM BST 13/05/2008
The first consignment of British aid was being flown in to Burma today as torrential rain threatened to deepen the crisis further.
An aeroplane carrying plastic sheeting for temporary shelters was being sent from a government [...]

Heartbreaking video-links of Cyclone Nargis

 Heartbreaking video-links of Cyclone Nargis
 

Children line up to get some rice in Dedaye, south of Yangon.

Children live at a Buddhist temple serving as a homeless shelter outside of Yangon.
The country’s ruling military junta is distrustful of Western countries.
A CNN correspondent who is not being identified for his safety said he saw the country’s militia delivering international [...]

Crisis in Myanmar offers a chance for junta to reform

Crisis in Myanmar offers a chance for junta to reform

Story by KEN KAMOCHE | FROM THE FAR EAST

The Burmese junta prides itself on its resilience, its capacity to take whatever the world, critical of its brutal dictatorship, throws at it. External criticism, sanctions, internal protests, name it. They take it all within their stride [...]

Over 30,000 cyclone victims from Laputta township evacuated

Over 30,000 cyclone victims from Laputta township evacuated

 Over 30,000 Myanmar victims in cyclone-hardest-hit township evacuated

www.chinaview.cn 2008-05-12 21:31:49

YANGON, May 12 (Xinhua) — More than 30,000 victims in cyclone-hardest-hit Laputta township in Myanmar’s southwestern Ayeyawaddy delta division have been evacuated to less-affected nearby areas by road or waterway to seek shelter there, according to Monday’s [...]

Photos:Clinging to life in Myanmar Part 2

Photos:Clinging to life in Myanmar Part 2

A Myanmar woman displaced by the cyclone fans her baby at a temporary shelter on the outskirts of Yangon. May 9, 2008

Myanmar villagers stand beside houses damaged by last weekend’s deadly cyclone in Twantay township, southern Myanmar.

A young Myanmar cyclone survivor holds her baby sister at a temporary shelter [...]

Photos:Clinging to life in Myanmar Part 1

 Photos:Clinging to life in Myanmar Part 1 
Myanmar allows first UN emergency …www.latimes.com

Residents in Yangon wait in line to buy cooking oil. Many businesses are exploiting shortages caused by damaged roads and ports, charging exorbitant prices for gasoline, building supplies and other items in high demand

Rice farmer U Maung Saw, 58, is rebuilding his own home [...]