One town lost 10,000...So difficult to see all the horrid destruction without the proper preparation. Their army needs to relinquish power for the sake of the people. So sad to see. You wish that we would protect each other to limit the damage that nature can cause, but we have seen the problems and evidence of the one's with power doing nothing to help before or after.
Myanmar cyclone toll hits 15,000, official says
Foreign Minister Nyan Win said on state television that 10,000 people had died in just one town, Bogalay, as he gave the first detailed account of what is emerging as the worst cyclone to hit Asia since 1991, when 143,000 people were killed in Bangladesh.
The total left homeless by the storm's 120 mph winds and 12-foot storm surge is in the several hundred thousands, United Nations aid officials say, and could run into the millions.
"The regime has lost a golden opportunity to send the soldiers as soon as the storm stopped to win the heart and soul of people," said a retired civil servant.
The U.S. Embassy in Myanmar authorized the release of $250,000 in immediate emergency aid, and first lady Laura Bush, a critic of the junta, promised more would be forthcoming.
"The government misled people. They could have warned us about the severity of the coming cyclone so we could be better prepared," said Thin Thin, a grocery store owner.
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