James Darcy
James Darcy is director of the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute in London. He has previously worked as coordinator of Oxfam Great Britain's humanitarian programmes in South and East Asia.
Myanmar cyclone deaths could have been prevented
Author: James Darcy
We may never know how many were killed in the initial storm and tidal surge of Cyclone Nargis. The estimate of 100,000 deaths is widely accepted, and well over a million more are probably now at serious risk from epidemic and other threats.
What we do know is that the crucial initial failure was one of prevention - many of the tens of thousands who died could have been saved.
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Author: James Darcy
We may never know how many were killed in the initial storm and tidal surge of Cyclone Nargis. The estimate of 100,000 deaths is widely accepted, and well over a million more are probably now at serious risk from epidemic and other threats.
What we do know is that the crucial initial failure was one of prevention - many of the tens of thousands who died could have been saved.
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