BURMA: RELIEF GROUPS WARN OF A “PUBLIC HEALTH CATASTROPHE” IF AID EFFORT IS STIFLED
DAVID ADAMS reports…
THE BIG PICTURE: IN THE AFTERMATH OF A CYCLONE
Cyclone Nargis cut a swathe of destruction through Burma when it made landfall on 3rd May, leaving a death toll which may yet range as high as 100,000. While the Irrawaddy Delta region bore the brunt of the cyclone, damage was also seen in areas closer to Rangoon and the city itself as shown here […]