May 7, 2008
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Bodies floated in flood waters and survivors tried to reach dry ground on boats using blankets as sails, while the top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday that up to 100,000 people may have died in the devastating cyclone.
AP (updated 3:54 a.m. HT, Sun., May. 18, 2008)
YANGON, Myanmar - A senior U.N. envoy arrived in Myanmar on Sunday to urge its military junta to accept more international aid for cyclone survivors, amid mounting fears of starvation, especially among children.
About 78,000 people are confirmed dead and 56,000 missing in the cyclone, according to the government. Aid agencies, however, say the death toll alone could be 128,000.
A glimmer of hope was raised Sunday when British Foreign Office Minister for Asia Lord Malloch-Brown said Myanmar may accept a compromise to use Asian intermediaries to open up to foreign help, including allowing Western ships to deliver aid to the country, which is also known as Burma.
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