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SITUATION IN MYANMAR:
1. Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar on 2 and 3 May 2008, making landfall in the Ayeyarwady
Division and directly hitting the country?s largest city, Yangon. 40 townships in Yangon Division
and 7 townships in Ayeyarwady Division remain on the Government?s list of disaster areas....
2. Assessments have now been made in 38 townships, with response efforts ongoing in a further
28. Teams have reported major damage in affected areas, particularly in the low-lying delta
region, where the Cyclone?s impact was compounded by a storm surge. The official death toll is
now 22,997, with 42,119 missing and 1,430 injured. Unofficial figures are considerably higher.
Based on the original Government estimate of 975,858 persons affected three days after the
disaster in the eight most seriously hit townships, the UN now estimates that at least 1,500,000
people are severely affected....
3. Food, water purification supplies and receptacles, sanitation facilities for temporary camps,
shelter materials, fuel, and essential medicines and treatment are all critical needs. Some people
are now migrating outwards from the most affected areas in search of basic necessities while
others are stranded in areas of the delta without drinking water, food or shelter. Damaged
infrastructure and communications, as well as flooding, pose challenges for relief efforts, which
may be exacerbated by heavy rainfall that has been forecast over the next seven days (see
annexed map)....
4. Flights carrying relief items have been getting in to the country, and the Government and
humanitarian partners are reaching an increasing number of affected persons. However, access
for international humanitarian personnel remains unresolved....
5. A constitutional referendum has been taking place in Myanmar today, in areas other than those
that remain on the Government?s list of disaster areas.
Source/publisher:
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Date of Publication:
2008-05-10
Date of entry:
2008-06-03
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