Burmese Wait For Rescue
2008-05-07
Even as Burma's state-run media report that officials are working hard to tackle the havoc wreaked by Tropical Cyclone Nargis, Burmese citizens complain that very little appears to be happening on the ground. They describe innumerable floating corpses, devastated infrastructure, and scarce water, food, and fuel.
Video: Scenes of Devastation in Burma
Updates on Tibet
As communication becomes more difficult with people living inside Tibet, cell phone conversations with family and friends overseas and second-hand accounts continue to describe events. For security reasons, we do not identify some of our sources by name in order to protect them from retaliation.
Burma: What Witnesses are Saying
Witnesses in Burma have been contacting RFA Burmese service staff with heartbreaking accounts of devastation, death, and a major humanitarian crisis in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Nargis. Read their first-hand accounts of the storm and its aftermath.
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