This NASA / MODIS satellite handout photo taken from space taken on May 2, 2008 and obtained May 6, 2008 shows the eye of Cyclone Nargis just to the west of Irrawaddy delta region as it plows into the Myanmar coast. More than 15,000 people died after the powerful cyclone swept across Myanmar on May 3, including 10,000 in a single town, the military government announced on May 6, 2008 in state media. The cyclone pounded the delta and then tore through Myanmar's main city of Yangon.
This NASA / MODIS satellite handout photo taken from space taken on May 5, 2008 and obtained May 6, 2008 shows the flooded and muddy Irrawaddy delta region (at bottom of photo) two days after Cyclone Nargis plowed into Myanmar killing thousands. More than 15,000 people died after the powerful cyclone swept across Myanmar on May 3, including 10,000 in a single town, the military government announced on May 6, 2008 in state media. The cyclone pounded the delta and then tore through Myanmar's main city of Yangon.
Combination of two satellite images taken by the NASA MODIS program including photo-like natural color taken April 15, 2008 (L) before Cyclone Nargis and May 5, 2008 (R) after Cyclone Nargis hit the Irrawady region of Myanmar. According to the NASA MODIS website : "On April 15 (L), rivers and lakes are sharply defined against a backdrop of vegetation and fallow agricultural land. The Irrawaddy River flows south through the left-hand side of the image, splitting into numerous distributaries known as the Mouths of the Irrawaddy. The wetlands near the shore are a deep blue green. Cyclone Nargis came ashore across the Mouths of the Irrawaddy and followed the coastline northeast. The entire coastal plain is flooded in the May 5 image (R), Yangon (red rectangle) is almost completely surrounded by floods and muddy runoff colors the Gulf of Martaban turquoise.
Locals rush an injured person (C) in the Irrawaddy region on May 5, 2008 as the region tries to recover the the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis. Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition said on May 6 that it was "extremely unacceptable" for the ruling junta to go ahead with a constitutional referendum after a cyclone killed so many people in the country. State television announced late on May 6 that more than 22,000 people have been killed and 41,000 left missing after Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on May 2-3.
Myanmar army officers (R) visit a cyclone hit area to speak about the rescue work in the Irrawaddy Delta region on May 5, 2008. Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition said on May 6 that it was "extremely unacceptable" for the ruling junta to go ahead with a constitutional referendum after a cyclone killed so many people in the country. State television announced late on May 6 that more than 22,000 people have been killed and 41,000 left missing after Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on May 2-3.
This handout from the Royal Thai Air Force shows an aerial view of the outskirts of Yangon on May 6, 2008 inundated with floodwaters from Cyclone Nargis. The Thai military will transport medicine and food to Myanmar to help the hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the powerful tropical cyclone struck last weekend, a general said on May 5.
This handout from the Royal Thai Air Force shows an aerial view of the outskirts of Yangon on May 6, 2008 inundated with floodwaters from Cyclone Nargis. The Thai military will transport medicine and food to Myanmar to help the hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the powerful tropical cyclone struck last weekend, a general said on May 5.
CORRECTION-CREATION DATE This NASA / MODIS satellite handout photo taken from space taken on May 3, 2008 and obtained May 6, 2008 shows Cyclone Nargis directly over Myanmar. More than 15,000 people died after the powerful cyclone swept across Myanmar on May 3, including 10,000 in a single town, the military government announced on May 6, 2008 in state media.