Millions are destitute, the death toll has already reached six figures. The inexcusable incompetence of the vicious regime is partly to blame. But so are the politics of aid.
On Wednesday, the U.N. raised its estimates on the number of people impacted by the cyclone. John Holmes, the head of humanitarian affairs at the U.N., said that between 1.6 million and 2.5 million were "severely affected" and in desperate need of relief,
UTAPAO, Thailand - The United States has launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar for last week's cyclone victims. A military C-130 cargo plane packed with supplies left a Thai air force base Monday for Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon. Two more air shi
"We have already seen regional commanders putting their names on the side of aid shipments from Asia, saying this was a gift from them and then distributing it in their region," said Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, which campaigns for human
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The cyclone that ripped through Burma left tens of thousands dead and a million homeless--a natural disaster made much worse by the failure of the military junta to warn or evacuate its people.
The cyclone in Burma has killed tens of thousands of people and left up to one million homeless.
Aid agencies are appealing for help and say the need is "immediate and vast".
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Hundreds of thousands of survivors face disease and hunger, agencies warn. "Time is of the essence," said the head of the UN children's agency Unicef.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed and up to a million are without shelter...
The UN says it is extremely disappointed at the slow progress made in securing access to victims of last weekend's cyclone in Burma.
Humanitarian chief John Holmes told reporters that Burma's response was "nothing like as much as is needed".
A TROPICAL low moving off the West Australian and Northern Territory coasts has been named Cyclone Helen. The system is expected to take an eastward track during the day toward the Top End with a cyclone warning now issued for Darwin.
Relief workers in Bangladesh say they have reached the last remaining pockets of the country devastated by last week's cyclone that killed some 3,500 people and displaced millions others. The military is flying helicopters and cargo planes to deliver
