Red Cross boat sinks in Burma
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A Red Cross boat delivering supplies to victims of last weekend's cyclone sank Sunday when it hit debris in the Irrawady Delta region, as the U.S. prepared to deliver relief supplies to Myanmar.
The four relief workers on the double-decker boat were not hurt, said Eric Porterfield with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
The boat was carrying rice, water, clothing and other household items.
The boat was traveling from Yangon to Mawlamyinegyun when it sank near Bogalay town, which was extensively damaged by the cyclone, the IFRC said.
"This is a great loss for the Myanmar Red Cross and for the people who need aid so urgently," Aung Kyaw Htut, the distribution team leader for the Myanmar Red Cross, told The Associated Press.
The four relief workers on the double-decker boat were not hurt, said Eric Porterfield with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
The boat was carrying rice, water, clothing and other household items.
The boat was traveling from Yangon to Mawlamyinegyun when it sank near Bogalay town, which was extensively damaged by the cyclone, the IFRC said.
"This is a great loss for the Myanmar Red Cross and for the people who need aid so urgently," Aung Kyaw Htut, the distribution team leader for the Myanmar Red Cross, told The Associated Press.
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For more on the cyclone that hit Burma, and some incredible footage of the destruction, watch this pod...
...and did you know that part of the reason that this storm was so destructive was because of the Junta's logging in the south? They completely wiped out the forest which was the only natural barrier that the coast had from these storms... -
I am disgusted about the way the Generals are keeping well trained world people out of this very sad crisis,they should be ashamed of themselves......we only want to help people to survive, and bury their dead and get on with living.....truly disgusted in the UK...
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- agingercat
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