YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – The death toll from a devastating cyclone in Myanmar could reach more than 10,000 in the low-lying area where the storm wreaked the most havoc, the country’s foreign minister warned Monday.
 Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit the Southeast Asian country, also known as Burma, early Saturday with winds of up to 120 mph. It knocked out electricity to the country’s largest city, Yangon, and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless.
Some sought refuge at Buddhist monasteries while others lined up Monday to buy candles, which had doubled in price, and water since the lack of electricity-driven pumps had left most households dry.
Myanmar is not known to have an adequate disaster warning system and many rural buildings are constructed of thatch, bamboo and other materials easily destroyed by fierce storms.
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Isn’t that the same place the Chinese cracked down on the Monks? I guess the Chinese finally figured out how to harness mother nature…..
First GWB created Katrina and now Chinese are making Cyclones…..
Let the Chinese pay for the clean up, or the Arabs, or anyone else. We have enough troubles in this nation. We’ve had tornadoes tear up whole towns, we had Katrina and the world didn’t give us any aid.
You’re a baaaad man Fred! I guess that’s why I like you!
Burma is on the First Lady’s agenda these days. I thought everybody hated the United States … until they NEED something.
I’m with Katie. Enough is enough. My damned wallet is dry dudes; in this world you’re on your own. Let’s let the little brown people help the little brown people because, after all, the white people are so bad. My sympathy well is dry. I wonder what’s on Showtime? Hand me my remote. And some chips.
BZ
I hate to burst your ‘the world didn’t help us’ bubble, but actually, they did, or perhaps it would be more correct to say, they tried:
International response to Hurricane Katrina
Most Katrina Aid From Overseas Went Unclaimed
Some of the reasons that Louisiana and Mississippi are still fighting to come back…
I know I shouldn’t have laughed….but……