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Myanmar Cyclone deaths exceed
20,000
WSN Network
 YANGOON:
The
military junta in
Myanmar is
struggling hard to meet the calamity that has struck the nation, as
reportedly more than 20,000 people have been killed and more than a
hundred thousand are missing because of the massive destruction
caused by the storm that surged into the Irrawady delta region.
The death and
destruction caused by the cyclone is more than the Tsunami that
struck Tamil Nadu and less than the cyclone to strike Bangladesh in
1991. While the number of deaths were few in the capital, the tidal
wave has caused a serious food shortage in the strifetorn country
already reeling under the faulty economic politicies of the
dictatorial leadership of the country.
“The wave was up
to 12 feet (3.5 metres) high and it swept away and inundated half
the houses in low-lying villages,”said the minister describing the
extent of magnitude of the storm and painfully described how people
had “nowhere to go”.
The Information
minister Kyaw Hsan said that his government was “doing their best”.
International
aid has started pouring in and the first batch of US aid arrived
yesterday though the repressive regime continues to keep US aid
workers at bay. India, which maintains a cordial relationship with
the dictatorial regime is also sending out eight tones of relief
material besides pressing in the Indian Naval service for relief and
rescue.
In some of the
country, the situation has improved and the state of emergency has
been lifted.
7
May,
2008
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