Myanmar cyclone
Last reviewed: 01-05-2009
WORST ASIAN CYCLONE SINCE 1991
This comprehensive report on the disaster outlines the scale of destruction and what needs to be done to get people back on their feet. The assessment was carried out by Myanmar's government, the United Nations and ASEAN. The U.N.'s financial tracking service shows the amounts of money donors have contributed or promised to the cyclone recovery effort. You can find features, opinion pieces and blogs written after Nargis on AlertNet's cyclone coverage page. AlertNet's briefing on Myanmar troubles has links on refugees and political troubles. And AlertNet's map catalogue has satellite maps. These may take a while to load. The U.N. site ReliefWeb is good for updates on what governments and aid agencies are doing. There are useful reports on the situation one year on. Oxfam also has a Myanmar cyclone page with an overview, stories, audio material and slideshows. The Irawaddy has news from Myanmar and southeast Asia. The BBC has a country profile for Burma and the BBC website for its Burmese service has news, debates and radio programmes. Reuters.com has a news page dedicated to Myanmar. OneWorld, an alternative media outlet which often focuses on the non-profit world, has a Myanmar cyclone page. Mizzima News is run by exiles. New Light of Myanmar gives the junta's perspective. Bloggers on Global Voices have been posting from and about Myanmar. Burma Partnership, a pro-democracy advocacy group, compiles news, blogs and reports from the ground. Bloggers have also made a wiki page for Myanmar, put together by people who did something similar after the tsunami. As always with wikis, it's a good idea to verify information with the original source, but there are a lot of useful links here.
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