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Cyclone Nargis, which made landfall in the Irrawaddy delta region of Myanmar on Friday, left thousands of people dead in its wake and hundreds of thousands without shelter. With winds of over 190 kilometres per hour, the storm, which hit Yangon later that same night, tore down trees and power lines and causing widespread flooding. Myanmar authorities have declared five regions – Yangon, Ayeyarwwady, Bago, Mon and Kayin – disaster areas. The population of the declared disaster areas is estimated at 24 million, with an estimated 6 million in Yangon. A UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team is now standing by in the region and is awaiting the required visas to travel to Myanmar to coordinate relief efforts together with the national authorities.
FEMA has announced that a major disaster exists in the state of Oklahoma and that Federal aid will be made available to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding during the period of March 17-23, 2008. Justin A. Dombrowski has been named as the federal coordinating officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=9746
Hundreds of UK power substations and water treatment plants are potentially at risk from flooding, a confidential government study suggests. Read the BBC story
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World weather impacts
•Date: 7th May 2008• Region: Various
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