May 09 U.N. Resumes Aid to Myanmar Despite Junta Actions By PBS News Hour The U.N. World Food Program said Friday it would continue to send aid to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, despite the military government seizing the supplies at the airport in order to distribute the shipments on its own. Continue reading
May 08 Watch Aid Begins to Trickle Into Myanmar but Recovery Is Slow The first relief shipments arrived in Myanmar Thursday after resistance from the country's reclusive military government to foreign assistance. Shari Villarosa, the top U.S. diplomat in Rangoon, and UNICEF's Richard Bridle discuss the aid response for the tens of thousands… Continue watching
May 08 U.N. Aid Begins Arriving in Cyclone-damaged Myanmar By PBS News Hour Shipments of food, medicine and other relief items began arriving in Myanmar Thursday to help victims of a cyclone that battered the country on Saturday, but U.S. military planes loaded with supplies were still being denied access. Continue reading
May 07 Watch Death Toll Rises in Myanmar as Aid Groups Face Obstacles A senior U.S diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday that the death toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis could reach 100,000, as disease outbreaks remain a threat and some aid groups face difficulty gaining access to the country. A United Nations official… Continue watching
May 07 Myanmar Pressured to Let in Aid Workers By PBS News Hour U.N. officials on Wednesday urged the Myanmar government to allow aid workers to distribute relief goods throughout the country, following a cyclone that could result in the deaths of 100,000 people as conditions worsen, a U.S. diplomat said. Continue reading
May 06 Watch Cyclone Death Toll Soars as Myanmar Reels From Disaster The estimated death toll from Saturday's cyclone in Myanmar increased to 22,000 Tuesday with 41,000 still missing and possibly 1 million left homeless, according to relief agencies. The head of the U.S. embassy in Rangoon and a reporter recap the… Continue watching
May 06 Death Toll Surpasses 22,000 in Myanmar; Groups Poised to Rush in Aid By PBS News Hour Myanmar's government raised the death toll from the weekend's cyclone to more than 22,000 on Tuesday and said another 41,000 were missing, as aid groups awaited visas to bring supplies to the devastated Asian nation. Continue reading
May 05 Myanmar Cyclone Death Toll Could Top 10,000 By PBS News Hour The foreign minister of Myanmar's strict military junta said Monday that the death toll from Saturday's cyclone strike could continue to skyrocket. Continue reading
May 05 Watch Relief for World Food Crisis Made More Difficult by Cyclones, Riots In the wake of the devastating cyclone in Myanmar and widespread rioting in Somalia, the international community continues to try and respond with food relief programs to confront the rising need. World Food Program's head Josette Sheeran discusses the relief… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Massive Cyclone Ravages Myanmar, Tests Government A large cyclone hit the nation of Myanmar Saturday, bringing widespread damage and causing major harm to its citizens, killing upwards of 10,000 people. Relief agencies are rushing to respond, and the event is seen by many as a test… Continue watching