As the scale of the disaster in Burma in the wake of Saturday's Cyclone Nargis becomes apparent, aid agencies are calling for speedy access to survivors. They warn that hundreds of thousands of survivors face disease and hunger, adding that time is of the essence.
State media says at least 22,000 people have been killed and a huge number are without shelter in the Irrawaddy delta region. UN aid agencies are negotiating for access to the tightly-controlled state. Survivors face poor sanitation and a lack of access to clean water. There Burma's cyclone death toll soars ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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