A week has passed since Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar. The situation on the ground continues to deteriorate: food rationing is inadequate, medical supplies are running out and hundreds of thousands are ...
Myanmar people and aid workers risk jail to sneak disaster photos to West. WASHINGTON, May 14, 2008 — -- A half-clothed baby's body entangled in brush. Rows of lifeless children lying on the ...
YANGON, MYANMAR — The leader of Myanmar’s military government made his first visit to a relief camp since Cyclone Nargis, patting heads of babies and shaking hands of survivors, amid growing ...
* Aid for cyclone victims vital as monsoon season approaches * Many 2008 cyclone survivors still in temporary shelter * Myanmar receives lowest level of overseas development aid By Jonathan Lynn ...
Thousands remain missing in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis, but the country has allowed only limited assistance from the outside world. Myanmar may now accept help from its immediate neighbors after a ...
In 2008, Burma suffered the worst cyclone in the country’s history: 85,000 people died, and 54,000 people are still missing. Tonight, Edge Gallery, 3658 Navajo Street, is hosting a benefit for the ...
BANGKOK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Military-ruled Myanmar needs around $700 million in aid over the next three years to recover from last year's devastating cyclone, an aid coordinating group said on Monday.
In May 2008, Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar's Ayeyarwaddy Delta, claiming 140,000 lives. Despite a filming ban, young Burmese filmmakers clandestinely visited devastated villages after the storm, ...
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar state television says thousands of people displaced by communal violence last year have been evacuated from makeshift camps to safer ground ahead of a cyclone expected ...
KANASO NGU VILLAGE, Myanmar, July 28 (UNHCR) - In the horrible trail of destruction left by Cyclone Nargis two years ago, Daw Pyu was left scavenging for any scrap material she could cobble together ...