Tropical Cyclone Nargis Causes Havoc in Burma
In Myanmar (Burma), Tropical Cyclone Nargis, a super strong category 4 hurricane caused major destruction and death. Nargis made landfall in the Irrawaddy River Delta region, and then lost some strength before striking the nation's largest city, Yangon. The storm is being blamed as the deadliest natural disaster in Myanmar's recorded history with over 25,000 deaths, and the worst in the world since the 2004 tsunami.
It is the second major cyclone in just six months to make landfall after forming in the Bay of Bengal. Tropical Cyclone Sidr killed 3,300 and devastated the rice crop in Bangladesh in November.