Cyclone Nargis is a tsunami scale disaster, say agencies

Development agencies say that the final outcome of the Burmese cyclone disaster, which latest reports suggest has claimed over 23,000 lives, may be on the scale of the Asian tsunami a few years ago. They are urging a global response. Some 41,000 people are also...

Bangladesh churches rush aid to cyclone victims

Churches in Bangladesh have launched a massive relief effort for victims of the devastating cyclone that has claimed thousands of lives along the country’s southwestern coast – writes Atto Ankkara. “The casualty figures do not reflect the extent of...