Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Burma: Casualties in Ayeyawaddy division's Bogalay alone will exceed 10,000

At least 15,000 people have been killed in two divisions of Yangon and Ayeyawaddy as cyclone Nargis cut a path of destruction through Myanmar's five divisions and states.

It is estimated that the casualties in Ayeyawaddy division's Bogalay alone will exceed 10,000 and at least 1,000 in Laputta in the same division.

Chinese media reports that earlier official figures show that 3,880 people were killed in Ayeyawaddy division including 20 in Bogalay and excluding Laputta, and 59 in Yangon division

The sources said that 2,375 people in Ayeyawaddy division and 504 in Yangon division are missing.

In Haing Kyi island in the Ayeyawaddy division alone, nearly 20,000 houses were destroyed, leaving 92,706 people homeless, earlier report said.

Mike Hitchen, Mike Hitchen Consulting Publisher of
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