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| At least 351 killed in Myanmar cyclone |
| 2008-05-05 |
| YANGON - At least 351 people were killed when cyclone Nargis tore through military-run Myanmar this weekend, state media reported on Sunday. MyanmarÂ’s state channel MRTV said on their Sunday evening news broadcast that 109 people had been killed in Haing Gyi island, just off the coast of southwestern Ayeyawaddy division where the storm first hit late Friday. One person was killed in Nyaung Done, also in Ayeyawaddy township, the channel reported. An information ministry official had already reported 222 people died in Ayeyawaddy, while 19 others were killed in the economic hub Yangon. |
| Posted by:Steve White |