NARGIS' IMPACT After Nargis Cyclone
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Victims of Cyclone Nargis wave a white flag to draw attention seeking help in Magu village in Bogalay township on June 3.<br /> Photo: Mizzima The Burmese Navy has urged civilians to help it move the grounded  warship in the Tammawaddy Naval base following Cyclone Nargis lashing Hine Gyi Island in Irrawaddy division. At least 15 soldiers including an officer of the rank of Major were killed in the cyclone and one warship sank while two were grounded.  <br /> Photo: Mizzima The Burmese Navy has urged civilians to help it move the grounded  warship in the Tammawaddy Naval base following Cyclone Nargis lashing Hine Gyi Island in Irrawaddy division. At least 15 soldiers including an officer of the rank of Major were killed in the cyclone and one warship sank while two were grounded.  <br /> Photo: Mizzima A basic primary school sign board lies among debris in the Cyclone Nargis hit Ngaputaw Township in Irrawaddy division. The junta has postponed the reopening of schools in this area until July 1 but locals are skeptical about it.<br /> Photo: Mizzima Stacked cooking pots are yet to be distributed to Cyclone Nargis victims in Haine Gyi Island township in Irrawaddy division although relief materials arrived in the township a week ago.<br /> Photo: Mizzima Private cars carrying donations queue up near Pan Hlaing bridge in Hlaing Thar Yar township of Rangoon on 25 May 2008. About 700 car drivers were fined 10,000 Kyats each by the police for violating traffic rules after a short detention of all the drivers.<br /> Photo: Mizzima Cyclone victims from Kun Chan Kone<br /> Photo: Mizzima Cyclone victims from Kun Chan Kone<br /> Photo: Mizzima Cyclone victims from Kun Chan Kone<br /> Photo: Mizzima Cyclone victims from Kun Chan Kone<br /> Photo: Mizzima Cyclone victims from Kun Chan Kone<br /> Photo: Mizzima Asean- UN conference pledging conference in Rangoon regarding cyclone relief on Sunday 25 May 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pleaded not politicize but to focus on saving lives.<br /> Photo: Unic Yangon Asean- UN conference pledging conference in Rangoon regarding cyclone relief on Sunday 25 May 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pleaded not politicize but to focus on saving lives.<br /> Photo: Unic Yangon Asean- UN conference pledging conference in Rangoon regarding cyclone relief on Sunday 25 May 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pleaded not politicize but to focus on saving lives.<br /> Photo: Unic Yangon Electricians installing a flood light on the intersection of Kaba Aye Pagoda Road and University Avenue in Rangoon on Saturday May 24, 2008 just a day before the UN and ASEAN meeting in the former capital.There is urgency in repairing damages in the cyclone hit  country because electricians are busy erecting electric posts at different intersections in the city.<br /> Photo: Mizzima Relief from local donors and international donors have been reaching the cyclone victims in Lapputa township, Irrawaddy delta. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon had said that Burma's Junta head Senior General Than Shwe agreed to all aid workers without looking at their nationalities to help the cyclone survivors.<br /> Photo: Mizzima Relief from local donors and international donors have been reaching the cyclone victims in Lapputa township, Irrawaddy delta. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon had said that Burma's Junta head Senior General Than Shwe agreed to all aid workers without looking at their nationalities to help the cyclone survivors.<br /> Photo: Mizzima Security personnel cordon off the main road and ask Cyclone Nargis victims to go back to their villages when a VIP convoy was about to pass thorough Kun Chan Kone on 18 May 2005. Mizzima. Cyclone victims expressed their angst against security personnel because their homes were destroyed in the cyclone.<br /> Photo: Mizzima Security personnel cordon off the main road and ask Cyclone Nargis victims to go back to their villages when a VIP convoy was about to pass thorough Kun Chan Kone on 18 May 2005. Mizzima. Cyclone victims expressed their angst against security personnel because their homes were destroyed in the cyclone.<br /> Photo: Mizzima Security personnel cordon off the main road and ask Cyclone Nargis victims to go back to their villages when a VIP convoy was about to pass thorough Kun Chan Kone on 18 May 2005. Mizzima. Cyclone victims expressed their angst against security personnel because their homes were destroyed in the cyclone.<br /> Photo: Mizzima Daily wage earners in Latputta township were asked to wear junta backed organisation, USDA caps when relief supplies arrived in one of the cyclone hit towns. Mizzima was told that they were unable to refuse wearing the caps despite not being members of the USDA because they received some aid along with 500 Kyats.<br /> Photo: Mizzima Heavy rain has again turned many streets in Rangoon into stagnant pools of water, even as the city continues to try and recover from the effects of Cyclone Nargis earlier this month on May 19, 2008. Thousands of people around the city and in the aftermath of Nargis are still in temporary shelters or without roofs, even as the monsoon rains set in.<br /> Photo: Mizzima. Heavy rain has again turned many streets in Rangoon into stagnant pools of water, even as the city continues to try and recover from the effects of Cyclone Nargis earlier this month on May 19, 2008. Thousands of people around the city and in the aftermath of Nargis are still in temporary shelters or without roofs, even as the monsoon rains set in.<br /> Photo: Mizzima. Heavy rain has again turned many streets in Rangoon into stagnant pools of water, even as the city continues to try and recover from the effects of Cyclone Nargis earlier this month on May 19, 2008. Thousands of people around the city and in the aftermath of Nargis are still in temporary shelters or without roofs, even as the monsoon rains set in.<br /> Photo: Mizzima. A boat docked at Rangoon on May 16, 2008, loaded with approximately $100,000 worth of private aid donations for Burma's cyclone stricken delta region. With virtually all official aid convoys stopping only at main jetties and towns, Burma's devastated villages along delta waterways are desperate for such private initiatives.<br /> Photo: Min Thant/Mizzima. A boat docked at Rangoon on May 16, 2008, loaded with approximately $100,000 worth of private aid donations for Burma's cyclone stricken delta region. With virtually all official aid convoys stopping only at main jetties and towns, Burma's devastated villages along delta waterways are desperate for such private initiatives.<br /> Photo: Min Thant/Mizzima. Tissue boxes with Red Cross labels, believed to have been pilfered, on sale in Mingalar market in Rangoon on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Reports said some relief supplies donated by the international community have been stolen by persons assigned by the authorities and are being sold in the black market.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA Tissue boxes with Red Cross labels, believed to have been pilfered, on sale in Mingalar market in Rangoon on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Reports said some relief supplies donated by the international community have been stolen by persons assigned by the authorities and are being sold in the black market.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA Refugees in Bogalay town. Tens of thousands of cyclone survivors are on the move in the Irrawaddy Delta, posing a challenge for international relief workers trying to reach them with aid.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA Refugees in Bogalay town. Tens of thousands of cyclone survivors are on the move in the Irrawaddy Delta, posing a challenge for international relief workers trying to reach them with aid.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA Refugees in Bogalay town. Tens of thousands of cyclone survivors are on the move in the Irrawaddy Delta, posing a challenge for international relief workers trying to reach them with aid.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA Tired, a man sitting while rebuilding his house on higher land. He said quarter authority told him he will get wood and roof to build. But for now, he's collecting some woods from the streets.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA Two boys visiting their collapsed-and-sunk bamboo house, under the condition of uncertainty to afford to rebuild a new house, in Aphyauk village, Kawmhu Township, 12 May, 2008.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA An old man, storm victim, begging by the Highway outside Yangon. In background, some vans covered by blue sheet and loaded with food are not allowed to go to Phyapon. Police say those cars are NGO.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA Homeless people in Bogalay. Several thousand homeless still wait for relief  in Bogalay 11 days after Cyclone Nargis lashed the town.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA Some cyclone victims in refugee camps are suffering from diarrhea which may assume epidemic proportions.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA About 80 percent of boats have been destroyed by the Cyclone Nargis in this small fishing Island on the Andaman sea.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA About 80 percent of boats have been destroyed by the Cyclone Nargis in this small fishing Island on the Andaman sea.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA The body of a man in Bogalay rots eight days after the cyclone.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA Victims of Cyclone Nargis  ask for relief from a local Non-Governmental Organisation in Bogalay. Several hundred victims in the cyclone hit  town are yet to receive aid even after 11 days.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA Scene from Hine Gyi Island: Hine Gyi Island, in the Irrawaddy delta, is the first town to be hit by Cyclone Nargis on <br /> May 2.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA Local fishermen said, nearly 80 percent of the fishing boats in Hine Gyi Island, the first town to be hit by Cyclone Nargis, were destroyed.<br /> Photo: MIZZIMA
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