Death toll raises to thousands in Mynmar cyclone
Quick Facts:
1. Death toll after cyclone in Myanmar raises to thousands.
2. Count could reach 10,000
3. Thousands others are homeless.
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(AP) A Myanmar Buddhist Monk makes his way past a fallen tree following a devastating cyclone, Sunday, May 4, 2008, in Yangon. The death toll from the cyclone has risen to almost 4,000, a Myanmar state radio station has said. The radio station broadcasting from the country's capital Naypyitaw said Monday that almost 3,000 more people are unaccounted for in a single town in the country's low-lying Irrawaddy River delta area
Follow-up Report:
We first told you about the devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar over the weekend. On Sunday, we reported that several hundred people had died. Now that number has rise to the thousands.
Authorities say the death toll could reach more than 10,000 in the low-lying area where the storm wreaked the most havoc.
Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit the Southeast Asian country, also known as Burma, early Saturday with winds of up to 120 mph.
The cyclone knocked out electricity to the country's largest city, Yangon, and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless.
