Myanmar's cyclone death toll rises to 351

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-05-05 10:59

YANGON - At least 351 people died in the violent cyclone storm Nargis that swept Myanmar's five divisions and states on Friday and Saturday, according to a latest report by the State Radio Sunday evening.


Policemen remove a uprooted tree from a street in Yangon. [Xinhua]

The dead included 332 from Ayeyawaddy division and 19 in Yangon division.

In Haing Kyi island alone, 162 were killed and nearly 20,000 houses were destroyed, leaving 92,706 people homeless, the report said.



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