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Toll from cyclone could reach 100000 in Myanmar
The U S envoy warned a death toll from Cyclone Nargis could top 100000 as hungry victims fought over scarce food and water in the Irrawaddy delta. UNICEF and WHO reported widespread devastation with submerged villages, bloated corpses, disease risk, and aid barriers due to junta visa restrictions hindering relief efforts.
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Yancon
Myanmar
Irrawaddy
U.S
U.N
Associated Press
Phan Maung
U.N. Children’s Fund
Patrick McCormick
Unicef
New York
Shari Villarosa
Yangon
Irrawaddy Delta
Paul Risley
U.N. World Food Program
Bangkok
Thailand
Delta
Burma
Richard Horsey
U.N. Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid
Junta
U.N. Task Force
McCormick
Ban Ki-moon