Friday, May 9, 2008

Bogalay Township,
located on the lower southeast arm of the Ayeyarwady delta.
The cyclone that hit Myanmar at the weekend
destroyed 95% of the homes in the city of Bogalay.

A major in the Myarmanese army
told an Ayeyarwady correspondent on Thursday
that 50,000 residents died in the town.
An army helicopter arrived on Thursday
and evacuated some residents.
The town is without safe drinking water, food and medicine.
UN and other relief officials said the first humanitarian aid
was starting to trickle into Yangoon
and could start reaching the largest towns in the delta
in the coming days.

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