By KUNA,
Rome : The World Food Program (WFP) began Tuesday sending relief aid to the victims of the Nagis cyclone which hit Mynamar last weekend.
The WFP affirmed that food supplies began to reach people in areas which were severly devistated Mynamar’s southern coast area.
The statement affirmed that more aid relief was on the way, adding that WFP has about 800 tons of relief aid was stored in the Yangon area, adding that first emergency operations were launched Tuesday with about USD 500 million to be used to cover expenses of planes carrying food supplies and deploy swift intervention teams.
The cyclone has already killed at least 22,000 people, with thousands being missing, and forced displacement of tens of thousands others.
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