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Official Myanmar death toll hits 84,500
Myanmar's ruling junta has announced that 84,500 people perished in Cyclone Nargis in May, up from an earlier confirmed toll of 77,700.
- AP
- Published: 12:31 June 24, 2008
Yangon: Myanmar's ruling junta has announced that 84,500 people perished in Cyclone Nargis in May, up from an earlier confirmed toll of 77,700.
Myanmar's deputy foreign minister told reporters on Tuesday that the official death toll stood at 84,537 and 53,836 are still missing.
In early May, Cyclone Nargis cut a swath of destruction through the Irrawaddy river delta and in and around the country's largest city, Yangon.
A major international effort is under way to aid some 2.4 million survivors of the natural disaster, the worst in Myanmar's modern history.
Tuesday's update was the first since May 17th, when officials said 77,738 had died and 55,917 were missing.
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