Cyclone Death Toll Soars Past 22,000

by steve468 | May 6, 2008 at 05:40 am
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Cyclone Nargis Approaching Myanmar. First Cyclone of 2008

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YANGON, Myanmar - The death toll from the cyclone that battered Myanmar last weekend rose above 22,000 Tuesday as the international community prepared to rush in aid, state radio reported.

A news broadcast on government-run radio said that 22,464 people have now been confirmed dead from Cyclone Nargis, which tore through the country's rice bowl and biggest city of Yangon early Saturday.

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