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Myanmar soldiers unload bags of supplies aid, donated by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, from a Thai military plane onto a truck at Yangon airport in Myanmar Sunday, May 11, 2008. More food reached Myanmar's hungry cyclone victims as roads were cleared of fallen trees.



Survivors of Cyclone Nargis receive food from a local donor at village destroyed by the cyclone, south of Yangon May 12, 2008.



Myanmar Red Cross workers unload rice donated by the World Food Programme in Yangon May 12, 2008.



Members of the US Air Force load supplies of water, mosquito nets and blankets into a military transport plane bound for Myanmar, which was hit by Cyclone Nargis, at the Utapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, located on the border of Thailand's Chonburi and Rayong provinces about 140 kilometers (87 miles) southeast of Bangkok May 12, 2008.



(Xinhua2008-05-13 09:15)YANGON - The death toll of Myanmar's cyclone disaster kept rising with 3,480 more people killed, bringing the total to 31,938, according to a news report of the state radio Monday evening.

Altogether 29,770 people remained missing, down from 33,416, the report said adding that the number of injured went to 1,403. A deadly tropicalcyclone Nargis, which occurred over the Bay of Bengal, hit five divisions and states -- Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawaddy, Kayin and Mon on May 2 and 3, of which Ayeyawaddy and Yangon sustained the heaviest casualties and infrastructural damage.

Affected coastal towns in the southwestern Ayeyawaddy division include Haing Gyi Island, Pathein, Myaungmya, Laputta, Mawlamyinegyun, Kyaiklat, Phyarpon and Bogalay.

International humanitarian aid has been pouring in Myanmar since last week with aircrafts carrying various relief materials from different countries and organizations landing at the airport one after another for Myanmar's homelesscyclone survivors.

These international aid goods, along with those donated by different walks of life domestically, have been or are being successively transported by the Myanmar side to the disaster-hit Ayeyawaddy delta and Yangon regions as officially reported.


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生词表:
  • cyclone [´saikləun] 移动到这儿单词发声 n.旋风,飓风 六级词汇
  • southeast [,sauθ´i:st] 移动到这儿单词发声 n.&a.东南(方) 四级词汇
  • bengal [beŋ´gɔ:l] 移动到这儿单词发声 n.孟加拉 六级词汇
  • southwestern [,sauθ´westən] 移动到这儿单词发声 a.西南的 六级词汇
  • landing [´lændiŋ] 移动到这儿单词发声 n.登陆;降落;楼梯平台 六级词汇
  • homeless [´həumlis] 移动到这儿单词发声 a.无家的 六级词汇
  • officially [ə´fiʃəli] 移动到这儿单词发声 ad.以职员身份;正式 四级词汇