Myanmar Cyclone Emergency

At around 3am on Saturday May 3 2008 Cyclone Nargis hit Burma (Myanmar), sending winds of up to 190 km per hour crashing through the country and leaving an estimated 15,000 people dead and many more missing.
The death toll is still rising.
Tens of thousands of homes have been flattened, roads destroyed and power lines ripped [...]

Waves of suffering

Waves of suffering wash over my land
Dr Zar Ni, Independent
The last time Burma hit the headlines it was during the bloody crackdown on Buddhist monk-protesters. This time it is Cyclone Nargis. In their typically superstitious collective psyche, the Burmese would most certainly view Nargis as a bad omen for the entire nation. Seen through Burmese [...]