Survivors of Cyclone Nargis wait for aid a week after the massive storm that hit Myanmar.

The United Nations says 1.5 million people have been severely affected by the storm and the massive tidal surge it whipped up. Latest estimates put the death toll at up to 100, 000.

More than 10,000 people were killed in a devastating cyclone that hit western Burma on Saturday, Foreign Minister Nyan Win has said on state TV.

He said his government was ready to accept international assistance, and aid shipments were now being prepared.

Thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis are lacking shelter, drinking water, power and communications, but in many regions help has not yet arrived.

Five regions, in which 24m people live, have been declared disaster zones.


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U.S Navy ships head towards Myanmar even as the Bush administration stepped up pressure on the country's military junta to open the door to outside humanitarian assistance.

Cyclone Nargis killed at least 15,000 people and left another 30,000 missing when it slammed into the former Burma's Irrawaddy delta and Yangon on Saturday, officials said.

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