BANGKOK (Reuters) - Some 10,000 people were killed in just one town after a severe cyclone slammed into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on the weekend, state television reported on Tuesday.
"In Bogalay, the death toll is about 10,000," said Myanmar TV monitored by Reuters from outside the country.
(Reporting by Darren Schuettler; Editing by David Fox)
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