YANGON, Myanmar -- The first international aid official allowed into the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta by Myanmar's military leaders described towns rendered unrecognizable, thousands of ...

5/25/08: I'm sorry for the long silence that I was in Delta area to help the people. I'm also busy with buying things for them. I would like to thank you again for the help that you have made. Thank ...

To this day mystery surrounds the response of Burma's military government to the catastrophic cyclone that, on 2 May 2008, smashed into the Irrawaddy Delta, a poor but densely populated region where ...

THA KHIN MA GYI, Myanmar — Without warning, it began at mid-afternoon with a howling wind. Five hours later, U Hla Kyi remembers, a tidal wave the height of a three-story building thundered in from ...

In Myanmar, UNHCR is setting up two field units in the Irrawaddy Delta area in Lapputa and Bogale townships to better respond to the emergency, monitor the distribution of our relief items and to ...

The Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over the peninsulas and islands of the Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar. With a length of over 2200 km, the Irrawaddy River is the country’s largest, flowing ...

The Burmese junta will lead foreign diplomats on a stage managed tour of the Irrawaddy Delta on Saturday, as it continues block aid from reaching 2.5 million cyclone survivors. A woman walks in the ...

The fertile, wet Irrawaddy Delta region is Burma's rice bowl To this day mystery surrounds the response of Burma's military government to the catastrophic cyclone that, on 2 May 2008, smashed into the ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 30 May 2008 In Myanmar, UNHCR is ...