Did you know that a cyclone hit Myanmar on 3rd May 2008? The May 3 disaster is the worst to hit South-East Asia since the 2004 tsunami which killed 220 000 people.
Below are some fast facts about Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar:
- a category storm with 3.5m waves 190km per hour winds
-death toll at 23 000 with 42 000 people missing
-more than one million people were made homeless
You can read more from the following link.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/347020/1/.html
That's all. Just a short post to let you know what is happening around the world.
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Ms Lau
Families that lost their homes to the cyclone take shelter Monday in a Buddhist temple in Yangon, Myanmar.
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