Weather Reporting Oversight Leads to 102,000 deaths in Burma
According to Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama, Thailand will act as a intermediary to help with the progress of global aid provisions to cyclone stricken Burma, which are obstructed by the military rulers, and are stuck in Thailand
The moves come as the UN estimates up to as many as 102,000 people could have died as a result of Cyclone Nargis and about 220,000 people are still reported missing.
Mr Noppadon said he intends to leave for Burma tomorrow to set in motion additional aid and request the Burmese generals to make available wider admission and to allow foreign help for the cyclone sufferers.
He said he will also ask that overseas experts be permitted to enter Burma to give charitable aid to the cyclone victims.
He went on to say that foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will convene in Singapore on May 19 to confer about ways to be of assistance the Burmese victims.
The amount of people reported missing after the cyclone hit has risen to approximately 220,000, the United Nations alleged, and it feared of ecological damage, bloodshed and mass exodus within the country.
U.N. assessment of 55 towns and villages in the Irrawaddy delta and other disaster stricken areas found that as many as 102,000 inhabitants could have died in the cyclone, which struck fragile homes with severe winds and massive waves on May 2.
The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated ”Based on these assessments, the UN estimates that 1,215,885 to 1,919,485 people have been affected by the cyclone, the number of deaths could range from 63,290 to 101,682, and 220,000 people are reported to be missing,”
The State-run television in Burma reported last evening that the fatality toll had risen to more than 28,458 and 33,416 people was missing.
It has been reported that the Burmese government issued no warnings about the cyclone although Indian weather service claims the gave The Burmese government repeated warnings up to three days in advance.
Weather Reporting Oversight Leads to 102,000 deaths in Burma
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