Myanmar cyclone death toll rises to 15,000
BANGKOK, May 6 (Reuters) - Cyclone Nargis and its aftermath in military-ruled Myanmar killed 15,000 people, including 10,000 in one town, Foreign Minister Nyan Win said on state-run TV on Tuesday.
Nyan Win said the government was still assessing damage in remote villages in the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta area, struck by the cyclone on Saturday, including the Southeast Asian country's biggest city of Yangon.
(Reporting by Ed Cropley; Editing by Darren Schuettler)
Nyan Win said the government was still assessing damage in remote villages in the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta area, struck by the cyclone on Saturday, including the Southeast Asian country's biggest city of Yangon.
(Reporting by Ed Cropley; Editing by Darren Schuettler)
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