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/ 4 May 2008

Hundreds dead as cyclone devastates Burma

A cyclone killed more than 350 people in military-ruled Burma, ripping through Rangoon and the Irrawaddy delta where it flattened at least two towns, officials and state media said on Sunday. Packing winds of 190km per hour when it hit on Saturday morning, Cyclone Nargis devastated the Burma’s leafy main city, littering the streets with overturned cars.

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/ 4 May 2008

Cyclone kills four in Burma, disaster declared

BUrma’s military government declared disaster areas in five states on Sunday after a large tropical cyclone pounded the Irrawaddy delta region and killed at least four people in Yangon, state newspapers said. Cyclone Nargis, which was packing 190km per hour winds when it hit on Saturday, left the streets of Burma’s main city littered with debris from fallen trees and battered buildings.