Cyclone kills nearly 4,000 in Myanmar

Thousands without shelter
Aung Hla Tun , Reuters
Monday, May 05, 2008

YANGON - A devastating cyclone killed nearly 4,000 people and left thousands more missing in army-ruled Myanmar, state media said on Monday, a dramatic increase in the toll from Saturday's storm.

The death toll only covered two of the five disaster zones where U.N. officials said hundreds of thousands of people were without shelter and drinking water in the impoverished Southeast Asian country.

"The confirmed number is 3,934 dead, 41 injured and 2,879 missing within the Yangon and Irrawaddy divisions," Myanmar TV reported three days after Cyclone Nargis, a storm with winds of 190 kph (120 mph), hit the Irrawaddy delta. the rest image

Update: Myanmar cyclone death toll tops 10,000: foreign minister - AFP