Myanmar needs at least $1 billion to help rebuild the lives of survivors of Cyclone Nargis, a U.N.-led report said Monday in the first comprehensive assessment of the damage.

Tropical cyclone Nargis made landfall in the Asian nation of Myanmar on May 2, 2008, causing the worst natural disaster in the country's recorded history. Researchers now report on a field survey ...

Here's a look at the extent of damage and losses wrought by the May 2-3 Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. The first full assessment of the disaster was released Monday by the United Nations, the ...

SINGAPORE — Myanmar needs at least $1 billion over the next three years to put the survivors of Cyclone Nargis back on their feet, a U.N.-led report said today in the first comprehensive assessment of ...

As thousands of people in Myanmar continue to languish in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, ... Damage in Myanmar Is Revealed as Aid Trickles In May 9, 2008 6:15 PM EDT. Leave your feedback.

When Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta and pushed a wall of water 25 miles inland, it had all the makings of a massive disaster.

Damage was estimated at over US$10 billion, which made it the most damaging cyclone ever recorded in this basin. Nargis is the deadliest named cyclone in the North Indian Ocean Basin, as well as ...

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Approximately 2.4 million people were significantly affected by the cyclone, and total damage has been estimated at $4 billion. ... Topography of Myanmar, with track of Cyclone Nargis superimposed.

It was Asia's answer to Hurricane Katrina. Packing winds upwards of 120 mph, Cyclone Nargis became one of Asia's deadliest storms by hitting land at one of the lowest points in Myanmar and setting ...

The cyclone devastated large swathes of the Irrawaddy delta and the Yangon region, killing at least 84,537 people and leaving 53,836 more missing and presumed to be dead.