º Myanmar Cyclone Nargis

May 7 '08

CNN Highlights

Southern town is decimated by cyclone, with few homes remaining

Victims' bodies are thrown into area's rivers as the living wait for help

Rice supplies likely to last for only five days after storm destroyed mills

Monasteries being used to shelter homeless, monks try to treat injured

CNA Highlights

State television said 21,793 people were killed and 40,695 were missing in Irrawaddy division, while 671 were killed and 359 people were missing in Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city and the former capital.

Satellite images from US space agency NASA showed virtually the entire coastal plain of the country under water.

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The eye of the storm


Cyclone Nargis hits Myanmar from the Irrawady delta, moving inland


A tree stands where a home once did


Drinking water runs short in Yangon after Myanmar is hit by a cyclone


Water and other supplies run short in Yangon after Cyclone Nargis


Myanmar's coastal Irrawady area was battered by waves as high as 3.5 metres (12 feet).


Child on his way to hospital after Cyclone Nargis. 3,000 missing and scores were left injured after the disaster


A state of emergency was in place in districts of Yangon devastated by Cyclone Nargis


Destroyed fishing boats lay in the port of Yangon after cyclone Nargis devastated parts of Myanmar.


Destroyed fishing boats lay in the port of Yangon after cyclone Nargis devastated parts of Myanmar.


People travel on a small motor boat in the port of Yangon.


Monks try to move an uprooted tree blocking a street in Yangon, following the passing of Cyclone Nargis.


Displaced villagers take refuge at a temple


Myanmar soldiers unload boxes of supplies from a Thai transport plane at Yangon airport, as more than 22,000 people were reported killed in a devastating cyclone. - AP


Before & After images Tropical Cyclone Nargis flooded the region of Myanmar coast


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April 15, 2008 (NASA's Terra satellite captured)


May 5, 2008 (NASA's Terra satellite captured)



Credit: NASA/MODIS Rapid Response Team