Full Coverage: Emergency relief

09.05.2008 The disastrous aftermath of Cyclone Nargis in Burma is a severe reminder of the overwhelming destruction environmental catastrophes cause in poor communities, writes a development researcher, calling for resolute action against climate change.

09.05.2008 Even though unofficial sources are claiming a hundred thousand deaths and many more rendered homeless in Myanmar from last week’s cyclone, the military junta is reluctant to allow foreign aid workers. People say the authorities do not want foreigners around when the country goes for referendum on May 10.

08.05.2008 Lähes 40 prosenttia Burman myrskyssä kuolleista tai kadonneista arvioidaan olevan lapsia. Virallisten tietojen mukaan 22 000 ihmistä on kuollut ja miljoona ihmistä on menettänyt kotinsa.

07.05.2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (OneWorld) - A major U.S.-based humanitarian aid group is urging the Bush administration to revise its aid policy toward Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) and provide immediate assistance to the cyclone victims in that country.

07.05.2008 President Bush asked last week that the United States give $770 million in emergency food aid to afflicted regions, but this only amounts to an imperfect first step to confront the global food crisis, says economist Arvind Subramanian.

06.05.2008 Over 22,000 people have died, over a million people are reportedly homeless and tens of thousands are missing, says Burma Campaign UK, as it appeals to the government to allow delivery of aid.

06.05.2008 The United States should repeal restrictions on humanitarian assistance to Burma and help those affected by Cyclone Nargis, said an international refugee agency yesterday, higlighting the "tremendous need inside Burma."

05.05.2008 Kotinsa Burman pyörremyrskyssä menettäneitä uhkaavat taudit ja nälkä. Sadekauden alku tarkoittaa lisääntynyttä malariariskiä ja riisisadon tuhoutuminen myrskyssä ruokapulaa.

05.05.2008 The devastating Cyclone Nargis that struck Myanmar early Saturday has claimed 350 lives, as death tolls mount. While aid operations were restricted by the military junta in the outskirts of capital Yangon, the state media announced the country will go ahead with the constitutional referendum on May 10.