Myanmar cyclone death toll nears 4,000
The death toll from a devastating cyclone that swept through Burma has risen to almost 4,000. Nearly 3,000 were unaccounted for in a single town. 2,879 more people are unaccounted for in a single town, Bogalay, in the country’s low-lying Irrawaddy River delta area where the storm wreaked the most havoc.
Foreign Minister Nyan Win has said that the death toll could reach 10,000. Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit Burma, early Saturday with winds of up to 120 mph, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless.
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