Nargis Cyclone Disaster Photos - Heart Breaking Pics From Myanmar
67Cyclone Nargis (JTWC designation: 01B, also known as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis) was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the deadliest natural disaster in the recorded history of Burma (officially known as Myanmar).The cyclone made landfall in the country on May 2, 2008, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 80,000 fatalities with a further 56,000 people still missing.However, Labutta Township alone was reported to have 80,000 dead and some have estimated the death toll may be well over 100,000.Damage is estimated at over $10 billion (USD), which made it the most damaging cyclone ever recorded in this basin. It was also Burma's worst natural disaster overall, as well as being the deadliest.Nargis is the deadliest named cyclone in the North Indian Ocean Basin, as well as the second deadliest named cyclone of all time, behind Typhoon Nina of 1975. Including unnamed storms, Nargis is the 8th deadliest cyclone of all time, but an uncertainty between the deaths of Nargis and other cyclones, like the 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone could put Nargis as 7th deadliest or higher, because deaths are still being reported. Nargis was the first tropical cyclone to strike the country since Cyclone Mala made landfall in 2006.Relief efforts were slowed for political reasons as Burma's military rulers initially resisted aid. U.S. President George W. Bush said that an angry world should condemn the way Burma's military rulers are handling the aftermath of a devastating cyclone. Burma's ruling party finally accepted aid a few days later from the U.S after India's request was accepted. Further hampering the relief effort was the unfortunate fact that only ten days after the cyclone nearby central China was hit by a massive earthquake, known as the Sichuan earthquake which measured 7.9 in magnitude and itself is projected to have taken nearly 50,000 lives. Furthermore, Burmese militants were found to be selling aid to the highest bidder, and Myanmar's junta warned on May 15th that legal action would be taken against people who trade or hoard international aid.
Myanmarese child awaits aid supplies in the rain in Dedaya, Myanma It's been over a week since nature unleashed its fury on Myanmar. Nargis came, swept people off their feet and left them desolate and in despair.
After Effect of Natures Fury - Burma Cyclone Survivors
Cyclone Nargis moved across southern Myanmar on the evening of Friday, May 2, leaving a trail of death and destruction before petering out the next day.
They are Hungry and the have nothing left
The Cyclone destroyed their Homes
Myanmar Cyclone Hits Rescue Operations
Rescue Operations by Monks in Mayanmar after the cyclone
Look at The Buddha Statue It is not damaged Thank God - But,The Roof and everything has been torn away by the cyclone
Drivers wait in Long Ques for Filling Gas in Myanmar
Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis
On a road near Pyapon, in an area of Myanmar ravaged by a cyclone, people waited on Sunday for aid from Burmese civilians.
A young monk, exhausted from clearing debris and cutting felled trees downed by the recent cyclone in Myanmar, rested Friday near the principal city of Yangon.
Passengers at a railway station in Yangon on Thursday. Local residents, especially the poor, are struggling to keep up with soaring food costs. There have been scattered reports of looting and if the city remains without power for much longer, diplom
Young monks at a damaged temple in Kaw Hmu village on Thursday. Many people in the worst hit areas have not had any food or safe drinking water or medical treatment since the cyclone hit early Saturday, killing tens of thousands of people and leaving
Flooded village near Yangon
Map Showing Path of Nargis Cyclone that Hit Myanmar(Burma)
Even Biggest Trees have fallen during Cyclone
Children sit amidst the debris of their destroyed homes
Myanmar soldiers await the arrival of relief supplies at Yangon airport May 7, 2008. Military helicopters dropped food and water on Wednesday to the cyclone-stricken people of Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, where entire villages have been washed away and
Myanmar soldiers unload supplies from a cargo plane at Yangon airport
A girl sits amidst debris outside of her home southwest of Yangon
People collecting water in Yangon
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aerial photo over Myanmar shows the landscape and damaged buildings following the devastating Cyclone Nargis.
Cyclone Nargis: 22,000 dead and counting
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