Aid for Burmese cyclone victims
Posted by otterman on 7 May 2008
Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar last Friday and the damage appears to be far in excess of the 2004 cyclone and may even exceed the impact on the country of the 2004 December Indian Ocean Tsunami. The numbers are up to 22,000 killed, 41,000 missing and up to 200,000 homeless. These are early figures. Sadly again the loss of mangrove forest as a buffer heightened the impact of the cyclone.
To donate towards relief, see: Mercy Relief [phone, bank transfer etc] and Singapore Red Cross [cheque, cash walk in donations].
News: Mercy Relief blog - BBC - CNA - singeo: Google Earth layer - Google News - Yahoo News.
The big red circles are flooded population centres with 100,000-200,000 people.
2005 population estimates in flooded areas = 1.73million - UNOSAT.
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