Hình Ảnh Sau Trận Bão Cyclone Nargis Hits Myanmar (Burma)

[Xi Muoi]

On May 2–3, 2008 Tropical Cyclone Nargis pounded Myanmar (Burma) with winds of up to 120 miles per hour. In addition to devastating the capital city of Yangon (Rangoon), the storm also tore through some of Myanmar’s most important rice-growing areas in the Irrawaddy Delta. While Myanmar officials have raised the official death toll from Cyclone Nargis to 78,000, the U.N. estimates that the devastating storm has claimed more than 100,000 lives and left 2.5 million people severely affected.

The disaster caused widespread destruction of homes and critical infrastructure, including roads, water and sanitation systems, fuel supplies and electricity. With many water supplies contaminated and food stocks destroyed, the situation is extremely dire.





Myanmar Country Snapshot*
Population: 50 million
Independence: 1948
Life expectancy: 60.5 years
Adult literacy rate: 89.9%
Access to safe water: 78%
Infant mortality rate: 106 per 1000 births
Maternal mortality rate: 360 per 100,000 live births
HIV prevalence: 2%
* Source: Human Development Report 2006

CARE created the Myanmar Cyclone Response Fund with the goal of raising $10 million to mount a comprehensive response to the disaster.
Contributions to the fund will help support the immediate emergency phase of CARE's response as well as longer-term efforts to rebuild lives and livelihoods in cyclone-affected communities. Click here to make your donation today.

If you're afraid, don't move down ward. You might get scare of the photo of how the cyclone hit Burma.

THIS IS VERY GRAPHIC.... BUT PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THIS TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THE FORCE OF NATURE











Take this moment to:

Firstly reflect on the unfortunate loss of these lives,
Secondly, count your blessings that you have not experienced such a tragedy
Lastly, continue to pray that you and your loved ones never experience such an event

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