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Cyclone Nargis relief appeals
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At least 22,000 people have been killed in the Myanmar cyclone and the toll is likely to rise as officials make contact with the worst-hit areas. 40,000 more are believed to be missing.
Foreign Minister Nyan Win said on state television that 10,000 people had died in just one town, Bogalay, as he gave the first detailed account of what is emerging as the worst cyclone to hit Asia since 1991, when 143,000 people were killed in Bangladesh.
"In Irrawaddy Division the death toll amounts to more than 10,000," he said in a state television broadcast, in which he also said the government welcomed outside assistance from aid agencies who want to help with the recovery.
Update: The latest information suggests that the above figures may be vast underestimates, and that a massive number of people have also been rendered homeless. Ed.
Disaster relief appeals:
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