Post by Eli Brayley on May 5, 2008 16:29:47 GMT -7
YANGON, Myanmar, May 5 (UPI) -- The death toll from the cyclone that slashed through Myanmar has soared to more than 10,000 people, the Southeast Asian nation's government said Monday.
The government also said thousands more were injured and missing in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, which slogged through Yangon and the Irrawaddy delta packing dangerous rains and winds of more than 130 miles per hour, Radio New Zealand reported Tuesday.
www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/05/05/cyclone_in_myanmar_kills_at_least_10000/6187/
The government also said thousands more were injured and missing in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, which slogged through Yangon and the Irrawaddy delta packing dangerous rains and winds of more than 130 miles per hour, Radio New Zealand reported Tuesday.
www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/05/05/cyclone_in_myanmar_kills_at_least_10000/6187/