U.N. warns of new ‘wave of deaths’ in Myanmar
Thai team barred from junta-ruled country; toll could top 127,000
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updated 2:10 p.m. ET May 14, 2008
YANGON, Myanmar - Another powerful storm headed toward Myanmar’s cyclone-devastated delta, where so little aid has been delivered that the United Nations warned on Wednesday of a “second wave of deaths” among an estimated 2 million survivors.
The area was pulverized by Cyclone Nargis on May 3, with the Red Cross estimating on Wednesday the toll will be between 68,833 and 127,990.
The government, for its part, have given a toll of least 34,273 dead and 27,838 missing.
An estimated 2 million survivors of the storm are still in need of emergency aid. But U.N. agencies and other groups have been able to reach only 270,000 people so far.
