Cyclone battles main Myanmar City Yangon on May 03 2008

Al Jazeera's Lucy Keating reports on the powerful cyclone that has slammed into Myanmar, killing several people and causing widespread damage.

Winds of up to 190-kilometres per hour have flattened buildings and power lines.

State media have confirmed four deaths so far in the country's biggest city, Yangon.

However the worst hit area has been the Irrawady Delta - reports from the villages there say half of the buildings have been damaged or destroyed.

The Government has named five regions as disaster zones - including Yangon and the Irrawady Delta.

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• myanmar
• cyclone
• nargis
• yangon
• irrawady

[tasha122277]

you'd make an atheist believe in god because nothing so unholy as you could exist by accident. god must be reminding us to not cast judgment and decide his will.

[tasha122277]

god bless these monks helping the people of myanmar who lost their children and are going through a living nightmare as we sit here.

[JohnMcCain4Prez08]

Like Katrina, the Myanmar cyclone is nothing but a BIG hoax invented by the librul media to hurt the Iraq war effort. DON'T be fooled!

ALL the money should be going into funding the war IRAQ!

This ia all nothin but a BIG ploy to turn the people against the war.

CALL UP THE DRAFT AND: INVADE Iran, Siria, Pakistan, Lebanon, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Sawdi Arabia, Sudan, North Koria, Venuzala, and Cuba! And oh and yeah: FRANCE!!!!!

SUPPORT the war in Iraq!

SUPPORT BUSH!!!!

McCain '08!!!

[JohnMcCain4Prez08]

Yeah. To HELL with Myanmar and New Orleans too!!!

This aint nuthin bud a bigg ploy by the them lefties in the librul meidia to make people question all the money we NEED to fight the Iraq war. their lookin for ta turn pubic upinun agenst the war. Well though SCREW that! We gonna stay in Iraq 100 mor yeers and like my HEROS George W. Bush and John McCain WANT us to!

To HELL with Myanmar! Let em ROTT!

SUPPORT the war in Iraq an STAY 100 more years!!!

NUKE IRAN!!!

SUPPORT Bush!!!!

McCain 08!!

[DeepSoulxxxYoungMi]

Are u serious? lol u can't even spell 'korea' haha fucktard!

[aaronputnam]

First off "grand" is a slang term for a measure of money. Second, they didn't ask for our help. The world organization's are asking for our help. And wow, i just noticed that this ISN'T the most crazy post for this video.

[Tony721]

FUCK Myanmar!

First they get hit by this natural disaster and complain and whine about not getting any help...

THEN the US tries to help them only to get turned away... FUCKING IDIOTS! Death toll over 100 grand?? I think not... thats only to get "attention" to the story and to get free aid. I wouldn't be suprised if only 87 people died...

[elite227]

wow. I have nothing to say besides people are fucking DEAD FROM THIS. YOU STUPID FUCK YOU SAY THIS IS A LIBEARL MEDIA THING THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED! AND YOU ARE A STUPID WAR MONGER FUCK.

[subprime2006]

Myanmar/Burma just discovered OIL. With this new development the Burmese will enjoy freedom with the help of the BUSH adminstration. I am American but we American do use to our brain instead of blindly support our President. BUSH religion = OIL and more OIL.

[ApocalypticRedIX]

SHUT THE FUCK UP. MCCAIN IS LOSING

[DarkKnightVenger]

Vengence!!!!!Aung San Suu Kyi!!!!!