Donate to Myanmar Relief Fund

There are no gory pictures below as the isolationist government of Myanmar would have made it quite difficult for photographers but if you still remember the gory pictures and videos of the Tsunami of 26 December 2004, which caused tremendous destruction & loss of life then donate to Myanmar Relief Fund by sending your cheque payable to Mercy Malaysia and send to the address below before 21st May 2008:-

Myanmar Relief Fund
Star Publications (M) Bhd
Menara Star
15, jalan 16/11
Petaling Jaya 46350
Selangor

Write Myanmar Relief Fund on the back of the cheque as well as your name and address so that receipts can be issued.

Path of Cyclone Nargis Destruction

Cyclone Nargis embodied the ‘perfect storm’

The storm's wall of water rose 12 feet, killing tens of thousands

Satellite images from US space agency NASA showed virtually the entire coastal plain of the country, one of the poorest nations on the planet, under water

Burmese soldiers unloaded boxes from a Thai military plane containing medicine and food supplies for cyclone victims in Yangon on Tuesday. A number of other nations and organizations, including the United Nations, the European Commission and Myanmar's powerful neighbor China, said they were prepared to deliver aid. Source: The New York Times Photo: Vorasit Satienlerk/Reuters

While the Red Cross has managed to distribute water purification tablets and mosquito nets, Save the Children estimated yesterday that more than 50,000 are without shelter in three towns in the Rangoon region alone. Source: Telegraph Media Group Limited Photo: Reuters Damage in Yangon on Monday. Residents reached by telephone described a city in tatters, with fallen trees, a lack of power and water and, in the poorer outskirts, badly damaged homes. Source: New York Times Photo: Heinrich Schoeneich/European Pressphoto Agency

Fishing boats crushed by a tropical cyclone in the port of Yangon on Sunday. Winds reached 120 miles per hour. Source: New York Times Photo: Khin Maung Win/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Many have lost their homes. A pregnant woman and children are among those who are more vulnerable at this packed temporary shelter in Yangon. Myanmar Red Cross is supporting as best they can thousands of people in such conditions. Source & Photo: Red Cross
Residents line up to get rice after Cyclone Nargis hit the town of Phyar Pon near Bogalay, southwest of Yangon May 8, 2008. Source: Yahoo News Photo: Reuters/StrringerPeople have to queue to buy clean water, which is becoming scarce. Source: BBC news
Young Red Cross volunteers help their adult mentors as best they can to help some of the 1.5 million people estimated to be affected. The rudimentary first aid box on the table indicates the chronic lack of local capacity to provide help despite the best will in the world. Source & Photo: Red Cross


The cyclone toll in Asia
Nov 12, 1970, Bangladesh: The country’s deadliest cyclone destroys Chittagong and dozens of coastal villages, killing around 500,000 people.

Nov 19, 1977, India: More than 10,000 people die when cyclone hits south-east Andhra coast. It disrupts life for 5.4 million people and damages 3.5 million acres of arable land.

May 24, 1985, Bangladesh: 11,000 people die in cyclone that hit Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and coastal islands.

April 29, 1991, Bangladesh: 143,000 people died after cyclone hits coast with 15ft tidal surge.

Oct 29, 1999, India: A “super-cyclone” hits the northeast state of Orissa, killing almost 10,000.

Nov 15, 2007, Bangladesh: Cyclone Sidr kills around 3,500.

May 3, 2008, Burma: More than 25,000 after cyclone Nargis hits Irrawaddy Delta and Rangoon.

Picture gallery:

Hsu Darren on Nargis

The New York Times

Telegraph.co.uk

BBC News

Red Cross Red Crescent

Nargis Wikipedia