Yet another natural disaster has struck an asian country. This time it was China. This is by far the worst topic to make a video on because of the devastation and loss. Keep the Chineese in your thoughts and prayers.

The official death toll for Burma's cyclone disaster jumps to nearly 78,000 with 56,000 missing, state TV says .the Red Cross and United Nations had estimated a death toll above 100,000 .The cyclone knocked out electricity and telephone services on saturday 3 may 2008.The cyclone has filled rice fields with sea water, destroying vital crops .
The British Red Cross has just donated £30,000 from the Disaster Fund to help support the victims of the cyclone in Burma this weekend.Thailand has already flown in some aid, India is sending two naval ships, and Bangladesh has said it will fly food and water purification tablets to Rangoon on Wednesday. Many countries have promised humanitarian assistance to Burma .Aid stocks are ready to go, but much has not yet been allowed entry .The foreign ministry said Burma was happy to accept aid, but insisted it would control the distribution itself.Aid from a number of Asian countries has been arriving in Burma.AID PLEDGES ,UK $10m ,UN $10m ,Japan $10m ,US $3m ,France $3m ,Australia $2.8m ,Help is arriving, but aid agencies say Burma does not have the expertise . But Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said the time was "now drawing very close" to "taking the most drastic step of all" of "dropping aid directly into Burma, irrespective of the wishes of the Burmese regime.Seven more Red Cross flights carrying humanitarian aid are due to arrive in Burma on Monday.Aid workers also say they are now being allowed into the country more freely, but most have been kept waiting at the Thai border .Oxfam warns the death toll could rise to 1.5 million without aid .A desperate international push to get food, water and medicine out to remote areas hard-hit by Cyclone Nargis has run into a basic bottleneck of lack of decent roads and bridges in the countryside of Burma, aid agencies said Tuesday.Two large water purification units have arrived and once up and running, they will produce over a million litres of clean water a day.

Tearfund say its relief teams have got food, water, shelter and medical supplies to 23,000 people. Christian Aid is aiming to reach 100,000 with blankets, medicines and water purification equipment.

Concern is distributing 75 tonnes of rice, as well as pulses, cooking oil, salt, sugar and tarpaulins to 6,000 survivors in the coming days.

However, there are many more people in need of assistance. The UN says that so far aid has only reached 270,000 of the estimated 1.5 million survivors.1,000 shelter boxes will be on the flight from East Midlands airport.The UN has sharply increased its estimate of those severely affected by Burma's cyclone to 2.5m people .Thai leader Samak Sundaravej flew to Rangoon for talks with Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein, but said the junta was adamant it needed no outside help .The UN's food agency fears Burma will face food shortages .Aid agencies say supplies are urgently needed in affected areas .Mr Brown said Burma's ruling generals would be judged by the world and their own people for thwarting the assistance offered by the rest of the world .Aid agencies are warning supplies are not getting to the areas worst hit .A team of 50 Indian medical personnel is also being allowed to fly into Rangoon on Saturday, equipped with medical supplies.A senior UN envoy has arrived in Burma to urge the military regime to accept more international aid. UN chief Ban Ki-moon is expected to visit soon.Save the Children says 30,000 acutely malnourished children are threatened by death from starvation.

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YANGON, Myanmar - Almost 4,000 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others are unaccounted for in a single town after a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, a state radio station said Monday.
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Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit the Southeast Asian country, also known as Burma, early Saturday with winds of up to 120 mph. The cyclone blew roofs off hospitals and schools and cut electricity in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon.

The government had previously put the death toll countrywide at 351 before increasing it Monday to 3,939.