Relief Efforts Hampered for Myanmar Cyclone Survivors
First UN Aid Lands in Myanmar with aid after cyclone

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Victims are seen in the Pyarmalot river following Cyclone Nargis, in Labutta town, Ayeyarwaddy province, 168 kilometers (105 miles) southwest of Yangon on Sunday May 4, 2008. A U.N. official declared Myanmar's cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta a "major, major disaster" Wednesday with corpses floating in flooded areas and enormous challenges in getting aid to the neediest victims. International aid began trickling into military-ruled Myanmar, but much of the Irrawaddy delta, where most of the 22,464 reported victims perished, has remained cut off since Cyclone Nargis hit early Saturday.
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People left homeless following last weekend's devastating cyclone take shelter in a monastery in Kaw Hmu village, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) southwest of Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 8, 2008. The U.N.'s World Food Program says its first flight carrying aid has landed in Myanmar after the military regime gave clearance to send relief material for cyclone victims.
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