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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 08 > Cyclone’s toll could reach 100,000

Cyclone’s toll could reach 100,000

U.S. envoy’s prediction follows reports that Myanmar is restricting aid efforts

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
May 8, 2008

YANGON, Myanmar — Hungry people swarmed the few open shops and fistfights broke out over food and water in Myanmar’s swamped Irrawaddy delta Wednesday as a top U.S. diplomat warned that the death toll from a devastating cyclone could top 100,000.

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