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Nurse who saved lives in Nargis honoured
DVB speaks to Sa Naing Naing, recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal.
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Labutta locals hold Cyclone Nargis remembrance service
Activists and locals in the Irrawaddy delta town of Labutta held a multi-faith prayer on Friday in commemoration of the Cyclone Nargis tragedy which ravaged the delta on this day in 2008, leaving up to 140,000 dead and some 2 million homeless.
Nargis naval stand off?
Cable reveals US source claimed a senior general believed Russian navy was to send war-ships to confront US vessels in the Bay of Bengal after cyclone Nargis and tried to hide massive death toll
Nargis seen as ‘humanitarian watershed’
Three years on from devastating cyclone, aid workers say Burmese government has softened its approach to victims of natural disasters
Paranoia, egotism fueled Nargis death toll
Cables reveal knee-jerk responses by a paranoic Than Shwe and his sidekick as he watched the situation in the cyclone-stricken delta unravel
Aid drops to pre-Nargis levels
Burma now receiving lower overseas development assistance than Cambodia, despite having a population three times the size
Burmese junta ‘politicising post-Nargis aid’
Human Rights Watch report criticises ongoing restrictions on aid workers in Burma and calls for renewed international pressure on the junta
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Burma junta ‘worse than cyclone Nargis’
Jan 22, 2010 (DVB), Human rights violations by the ruling junta in Burma have caused more damage than cyclone Nargis, which struck in 2008 and left 140,000 people dead, a[…]
178,000 Nargis victims lack decent shelter
Nov 26, 2009 (DVB), Regional aid for victims of Burma's cyclone Nargis will only cover 14 percent of vulnerable families in the country's southern Irrawaddy delta, with 178,000 people still[…]
EU and ASEAN raise $100m for Nargis relief
Nov 25, 2009 (DVB), More than $US100 million has been raised for cyclone Nargis relief efforts by Southeast Asia's regional bloc and the European Union, it was announced today. Aid[…]
UN appeals for more Nargis aid as monsoon looms
Apr 6, 2009 (DVB), The United Nations has urged the international community to focus increased aid to Burma on cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta as monsoon season threatens the delicate recovery process[…]
Legal expert says Nargis judges breached own laws
Apr 3, 2009 (DVB), A researcher from a prominent exiled lawyers' organisation has said that the charges handed down by judges to two journalists recently were in breach of Burmese[…]
Monsoon season threatens Nargis victims
Mar 31, 2009 (DVB), Appeals have gone out to the international community for a substantial increase in funds and support for victims of cyclone Nargis, four weeks before the onset[…]
Nargis victims protest after being denied new housing
Mar 23, 2009 (DVB), Villagers in Rangoon division who lost their homes during cyclone Nargis protested outside a local Red Cross office last week after authorities excluded them from a[…]
Still no fresh water nearly a year after cyclone Nargis
Mar 23, 2009 (DVB), Villages in Irrawaddy division are still struggling for fresh water nearly a year after sources were inundated by seawater and debris, including human and animal corpses,[…]
Fallen Nargis trees carved into sculptures
Mar 5, 2009 (DVB), An art exhibition featuring over 700 sculptures carved from the wood of trees that fell during cyclone Nargis has been planned for Rangoon. An organiser of[…]
Nargis accused to receive legal help
Feb 25, 2009 (DVB), Six members of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions who were arrested last year after helping victims of cyclone Nargis have been granted permission to[…]
Nargis book raises funds for survivors
Feb 11, 2009 (DVB), A book of articles written by famous Burmese writers about Cyclone Nargis is selling well in Burma, raising funds for victims of the cyclone which hit[…]
Analysis: Cyclone Nargis and the rice crisis
Tai Kyaw Jun 20, 2008 (DVB), When Cyclone Nargis struck Burma on 2-3 May, it was a natural disaster that affected not only Irrawaddy division but also the whole of[…]
Cyclone Nargis and the rice crisis
Tai Kyaw Jun 20, 2008 (DVB), When Cyclone Nargis struck Burma on 2-3 May, it was a natural disaster that affected not only Irrawaddy division but also the whole of[…]
Commentary: Did Cyclone Nargis hit the generals' mindset?
Htet Aung KyawMay 21, 2008 (DVB), Although the deadly Cyclone Nargis did not strike the generals’ new jungle capital Naypyidaw directly, it may have struck a blow against the mindset[…]
Did Cyclone Nargis hit the generals' mindset?
Htet Aung KyawMay 21, 2008 (DVB), Although the deadly Cyclone Nargis did not strike the generals’ new jungle capital Naypyidaw directly, it may have struck a blow against the mindset[…]
Cyclone Nargis: What went wrong in Burma?
Htet Aung Kyaw May 7, 2008 (DVB)-Many people, including this correspondent, were shocked to hear the Burmese state media announcing that the death toll of Cyclone Nargis had reached 4000[…]
Cyclone Nargis: What went wrong in Burma?
Htet Aung Kyaw May 7, 2008 (DVB)-Many people, including this correspondent, were shocked to hear the Burmese state media announcing that the death toll of Cyclone Nargis had reached 4000[…]
Aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, Rangoon condition at 3pm, May 4, 2008
May 4, 2008 (DVB) – There have been reports of severe damage and losses in Rangoon which was hit by the recent storm.Watch Latest Video Clip Trees and power lines[…]
Cyclone Nargis paralyzes Rangoon
May 4, 2008 (DVB)-DVB journalists in Rangoon have sent in dozens of photos and video clips from various places in Rangoon after cyclone Nargis damaged most of the city’s infrastructure[…]
Burma at 70: Why it’s time to end the Myanmar morality play
An argument against staging Burma’s transition as a tale of good and evil.
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Natural disasters costing Burma 3% of GDP
Burma’s government says past three years that the number of climate-induced disasters such as floods and cyclones has increased over the past three years.
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The silent climate burn in Chin State
Chin State has suffered particularly erratic rainfall, landslides and floods. But new adaptation programs are aiming to prepare farming communities for future changes in the climate and improve food security.
Mission to restore mangroves in Irrawaddy Delta
Once perfected in Burma, the technology could help other large-scale restoration projects, said WIF’s Lyngdoh.
