News Post: Death toll from Myanmar cyclone soars to 22,500

May 7, 2008

“The death toll in a powerful cyclone that struck Myanmar three days ago rose to 22,500 Tuesday and foreign governments and aid organizations began mobilizing for a major relief operation.

The death toll is the latest in a steadily escalating official count since the Cyclone Nargis struck early Saturday, devastating much of the fertile Irrawaddy River delta and the nation’s major city, Yangon.

At a news conference in Yangon, the minister for relief and resettlement, Maung Maung Swe, said 41,000 people were still missing in the cyclone, which triggered a surge of water inland from the sea.”

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I am so worried. It is so distressing to know that while you are slack about your current state, so much people are suffering.

Let us pray for these people.