Cyclone Rips through Burma

Burma Myanmar Rangoon Yangoon Cyclone Killed Dead Tragedy Weather Natural Disaster
Khin Maung Win / AFP / Getty

Rising Tide
Destroyed fishing boats lay in the port of Rangoon. The cyclone also ripped down power and phone lines and cut off roads outside the city, making it difficult to assess the full extent of the damage.

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