A cyclone hit Yangon, Burma in Myanmar on Saturday in which several killed & many injured, an official said. The cyclone packing 120 miles per hour winds teared off roofs, uproot trees & knocked out electricity in much of the country commercial capital. The cyclone passed through the city at a bout 5 a.m. on Saturday.
The official said, “The cyclone wreaked havoc in Yangon & the Irrawaddy delta town of Bassein. The town is 99 miles west of Yangon. The damage will be extensive as the cyclone passed through many densely populated areas”.
The meteorological bureau had warned on Friday that the cyclone Nargis, originating in the Bay of Bengal, could hit the coast near Yangon. Yangon is in the Irrawaddy River delta, a low-lying area prone to flooding.
