(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-05-12 23:56

WASHINGTON  -- The United States said Monday that it will provide an extra aid of 13 million dollars for cyclone-hit Myanmar.

"We are prepared to provide an additional 13 million dollars in food and logistical assistance to the United Nations World Food Program for the relief operations in Burma (Myanmar)," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

The additional aid will bring US aid to Myanmar so far to 16.25 million dollars, Perino said.

"But we hope this is just the beginning of what will be much needed assistance that we are happy to provide and so we hope that this gets to the people as quickly as possible," Perino said.

According to a news report of the Myanmar state radio Monday evening, the death toll of Myanmar's cyclone disaster kept rising with 3,480 more people killed, bringing the total to 31,938.

The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday.