Burma TV: Cyclone death toll more than 34,000
15-MAY-2008 Intellasia | AP
May 15, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM
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Burma's state television says the death toll in this month's cyclone has gone up to 34,273.
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| Airport employees and members of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (DEZA) load aid supplies to a cargo aircraft, to assist the Myanmar victims of cyclone Nargis, at the Zurich airport in Kloten, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt) |
It said Tuesday that the number of missing now stands at 27,838. The death toll went up by 2,335 after many of those listed as missing earlier were accounted for.
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| Helpers of the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (Technisches Hilfswerk) load equipment for water preparation into a Iljushin 76 cargo plane at Frankfurt Hahn airport May 13, 2008. The German government has sent 12 experts to Myanmar followed today by 30 tons of equipment to help assure a clean drinking water supply for the victims of Cyclone Nargis. REUTERS/Alex Grimm (GERMANY) |
The United Nations says the actual death toll could be between 62,000 and 100,000. Foreign aid workers have so far been barred from entering the country, and relief supplies are piling up in Rangoon and outside Burma.
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