"YANGON, Myanmar - The official death toll from Cyclone Nargis has nearly doubled to almost 78,000 and another 56,000 people remain missing two weeks after the devastating storm, state television reported Friday.
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State television reported Friday that 77,738 people had died, up from 43,318 a day earlier. The number of missing doubled to 55,917, after being reported as 27,838 for most of the past week.
The Red Cross fears the toll may be as high as 128,000; the U.N. estimates more than 100,000 died. The U.N. estimates some 1.5 million to 2.5 million survivors are in desperate need of food, water, shelter and medical care. Aid groups have reached only 270,000 so far."
"MIANYANG, China (AFP) - Cries for help echoed from under the rubble of shattered communities Friday as China warned time was running out to save survivors of an earthquake that has claimed an estimated 50,000 lives.
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The confirmed death toll stood late Friday at 22,069, state media said, with officials in worst-hit Sichuan province saying another 14,000 remained buried.But state television, quoting figures from national quake relief headquarters, said the government estimates the death toll at more than 50,000.Another 4.8 million people have been left homeless by the disaster, officials in Sichuan said."
Haiz.... when i see the news reported everyday abt the death toll rising, my heart just ache.. how is it that they might reject aid from other countries....?? ridiculous..
Matthew 24:7 says that "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places."
and Mark 13:8 "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains."
these are signs of the end times.. these things will happen eventually but it really aches to see so many pple have died just like that.. and thousands of pple are gng to hell.. it's really heart-wrenching la.... 感触很多咯。。。 那些人真的很可怜。。 现在只能为他们祷告，上帝的怜悯。。
"MIANYANG, China (AFP) - Cries for help echoed from under the rubble of shattered communities Friday as China warned time was running out to save survivors of an earthquake that has claimed an estimated 50,000 lives.
