Myanmar Cyclone Death Toll Rises to 38,491
- Date: 2008-05-15 - Word Count: 105
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The death toll of Myanmar's cyclone storm Nargis rose by 4,218, bringing the total number to 38,491.
Altogether 27,838 people still remained missing and the number of injured climbed to 1,403.
A deadly tropical cyclone Nargis, which occurred over the Bay of Bengal, hit five divisions and states -- Ayeyawaddy, Yangon, Bago, Mon and Kayin on May 2 and 3, of which Ayeyawaddy and Yangon inflicted the heaviest casualties and infrastructural damage.
Hard-hit coastal towns in the southwestern Ayeyawaddy division include Haing Gyi Island, Laputta, Mawlamyinegyun, Bogalay, Phyarpon, Kyaiklat, Ngaputaw, and Dedaye, while worst-hit areas inYangon division comprised Kungyangon, Thanlyin, Kyauktan, Twantay, Kawmu as well as the Yangon city.
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