Almost 4,000 die in cyclone in Myanmar; Toll could hit 10,000

[malaise]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone

YANGON, Myanmar - Almost 4,000 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others are unaccounted for after a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, a state radio station said Monday.
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Foreign Minister Nyan Win told foreign diplomats at a briefing that the death toll could rise to more than 10,000, according to diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting was held behind closed doors.

Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit the Southeast Asian country, also known as Burma, early Saturday with winds of up to 120 mph, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless

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Devastating

[babylonsister]

1. I heard death toll has already hit 10,000 earlier today, with thousands

still missing. :(

[malaise]

3. Unbelievable indeed

:cry:

[ensho]

2. the pics CNN showed early this a.m. showed a war zone lookalike

like total damage.