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Myanmar (Burma) Emergency Appeal

Tearfund is helping more than 100,000 people in Myanmar (Burma) with relief supplies in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.

We are working with church-linked partners, based in the country, to bring aid to people hit by the storm on 2 May.

According to UN estimates, up to 77,000 people have died and 2.4 million have been affected.

The storm, which brought winds of 120mph, has left tens of thousands missing and more than a million people homeless.

Many died when Nargis unleashed a 12ft high tidal wave which first struck the Irrawaddy Delta region on Saturday 2 May and swept from west to east across the southern tip of Myanmar.

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