New Nargis Numbers

Burmese state radio says the cyclone death toll has soared above 22,000 and more than 41,000 others are missing.

Up to 1 million people may be homeless after Cyclone Nargis and some villages have been almost totally eradicated, according to the World Food Program.

Aid agencies reported their assessment teams had reached some areas of the largely isolated region. But they said getting in supplies and large numbers of aid workers would be difficult.


A news broadcast on government-run radio said Tuesday that 22,464 people have now been confirmed dead and thousands more are missing.


The first assistance from overseas arrived Tuesday from neighboring Thailand.