Cyclone Nargis brings cloud of death over Myanmar
Just when human kind were confident we had South Asian nature in check, she pulls out an old cyclonic hat trick, and seizes bodies by the masses. And for once in a long time, Bangladesh and India isn’t her focal points.
It’s been dark times for hundreds of thousands of coastal Burmese the last few days, since a dreaded South Asian sea storm swept over the west and south coasts of the conflict-ridden country. The initial reports released on Saturday and Sunday reporting that the storm was responsible for several hundred casualties were apparently over-underestimated with the latest ‘official’ tolls exceeding 10,000 sacrafices to nature–with warnings that it ‘could’ rise. Perhaps twice as much if not more.
For more official coverage, see this BBC report as well as this report aftermath footage video.
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