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domenica, maggio 04, 2008
Birmania. Diluvia sul bagnato/3. Gli ultimi aggiornamenti raccolti dalle agenzie internazionali:
At least 351 people were killed, including 162 who lived on Haing Gyi island off the country's southwest coast, state-run television said. Many of the others died in the low-lying Irrawaddy delta. ''The Irrawaddy delta was hit extremely hard not only because of the wind and rain but because of the storm surge,'' said Chris Kaye, the U.N.'s acting humanitarian coordinator in Yangon. ''The villages there have reportedly been completely flattened.'' State television reported that in the Irrawaddy's Labutta township, 75 percent of the buildings had collapsed. A Yangon la situazione è di estrema precarietà soprattutto nei quartieri periferici dove le abitazioni sono particolarmente fatiscenti: "A tea shop owner told me that many people in a Yangon suburb need urgent help for food and accommodation," one food vendor said. "Some children are not even wearing clothes." Myanmar's infrastructure has been run into the ground by decades of mismanagement by the military, which has ruled since 1962. Adesso, come previsto, l'attenzione si sposta sulle modalità degli aiuti umanitari e sulla disponibilità del regime a richiederli o semplicemente ad accettarli: A Western diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said it was difficult for other countries to help unless they received a request from Myanmar's military rulers. ''We have to be welcomed by the host government,'' the diplomat said. ''The international community is willing to provide humanitarian assistance. There has been tremendous destruction. At the end of the day, the government needs to let in the assistance.' I racconti dei residenti su DVB. |
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