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Myanmar: Death toll tops 10,000
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Thu May 15 00:23:25 2008
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<td height="20" colspan="2" class="style3 style4"><em><strong>YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) </strong></em> -- <a href="http://www.colectionarul.com/existenz1.html">The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone is more than 10,000 people</a>, Myanmar's Foreign Ministry said Monday. </td>
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<td valign="top" height="156" colspan="2"><p align="left" class="style4 style12">Survivors were facing their third night without electricity in the aftermath of the historic cyclone that also clogged roads with thousands of downed trees. </p>
<p align="left" class="style11 style12"> Diplomats were summoned to a government briefing Monday as the reclusive southeast Asian country's ruling military junta issued a rare appeal for international assistance in the face of an escalating humanitarian crisis.</p>
<p class="style4">A state of emergency was declared across much of the country following the 10-hour storm that left swathes of destruction in its wake. </p>
<p class="style4"> The staggering death toll would make the cyclone the deadliest natural disaster to hit Myanmar in recent history, according to figures compiled by a United Nations-funded disaster database. </p>
<p class="style4"> The government of neighboring Thailand said Myanmar's leaders had already requested food, medical supplies and construction equipment, AP reported. The first plane-load of supplies was due to arrive Tuesday, a Thai spokesman said. </p>
<p class="style4"> United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement he was "deeply saddened by the loss of life and the destruction suffered by the people of Myanmar" and pledged to mobilize international aid and assistance as needed. </p>
<p class="style4"> A United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination team is on stand-by to assist the government in responding to humanitarian needs if required, the statement said. </p>
<p class="style4"> Scenes of the destruction showed extensive flooding, boats on their sides in Yangon harbor, roofs ripped off buildings, uprooted trees and downed power lines after cyclone Nargis battered the Irrawaddy delta with 150 mile (241 km) an hour winds throughout Friday night and Saturday morning, dumping 20 inches of rain. </p> </td>
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