Nearly 22,500 killed in violent cyclone in Myanmar

By NNN-Xinhua,

Yangon : A total of 22,464 people have been killed in two divisions of Yangon and Ayeyawaddy in a violent cyclone storm Nargis that swept Myanmar’s five divisions and states on last Friday and Saturday, according to state radio Tuesday evening.


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Of the victims, 21,793 are in Ayeyawaddy division, while 671 are in Yangon division.

A total of 41,054 were missing — 40,695 in Ayeyawaddy division and 359 in Yangon division, the report said, adding that 670 were injured in the Yangon division alone.

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