An aid worker who was among the first to get into Burma after the cyclone has described the difficulties he faced trying to help victims. Mark Pearson, a policeman from Cornwall, was in Burma as a volunteer for the Cornish charity Shelterbox. He said the charity's survival boxes have been... [read full story]
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Aid agencies say a huge operation is needed to help cyclone survivors Burma has allowed nine UN World Food Programme helicopters to deliver aid to remote cyclone-hit areas, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says. He said aid had reached only a quarter of those in need, following the 2 May storm...
Natural Disasters, Disasters, Accidents & Crises, Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, Storms, Myanmar
