Myanmar cyclone death toll rises to 43,318
17:19' 16/05/2008 (GMT+7)

The death toll of Myanmar's cyclone storm Nargis rose by 4,827, bringing the total to 43,318, according to a news report of the state radio Thursday evening.

Children eat rice that was donated, in their destroyed home near Kundangon May 13, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Altogether 27,838 people still remained missing, the report said, adding that the number of injured went to 1,403.

Deadly tropical cyclone Nargis, which occurred over the Bay of Bengal, hit five divisions and states -- Ayeyawaddy, Yangon, Bago, Mon and Kayin -- on May 2 and 3, of which Ayeyawaddy and Yangon inflicted the heaviest casualties and infrastructural damage.

Hard-hit coastal towns in the southwestern Ayeyawaddy division include Haing Gyi Island, Laputta, Mawlamyinegyun, Bogalay, Phyarpon, Kyaiklat, Ngaputaw, and Dedaye, while worst-hit areas in Yangon division comprised Kungyangon, Thanlyin, Kyauktan, Twantay, Kawmu as well as the Yangon city.

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