A powerful cyclone killed more than 350 people and destroyed thousands of homes, state-run media said Sunday. Some dissident groups worried that the military junta running Myanmar would be reluctant ...

Improved agricultural productivity can help developing countries reduce their reliance on international emergency food relief following natural disasters. Improved agricultural productivity can help ...

The top weather story of 2008 has to be the catastrophic impact of Cyclone Nargis on the nation of Myanmar (formerly Burma). Nargis (the Urdu word for 'daffodil') hit the low-lying, densely populated ...

A disaster of staggering magnitude continues to unfold in Myanmar, where the death toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis exceeds 22,000. In one city alone--Bogalay, about 50 miles southwest of the capital ...

Envisat captured Cyclone Nargis making its way across the Bay of Bengal just south of Myanmar on 1 May 2008. The cyclone hit the coastal region and ripped through the heart of Myanmar on Saturday, ...

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May 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1519, Leonardo da Vinci, Italian artist, scientist and inventor, died at age 67. In 1611, a new translation of the Bible in England, popularly called the King ...

KANASO NGU VILLAGE, Myanmar, July 28 (UNHCR) - In the horrible trail of destruction left by Cyclone Nargis two years ago, Daw Pyu was left scavenging for any scrap material she could cobble together ...

Los Baños, Philippines – Improved agricultural productivity can help developing countries reduce their reliance on international emergency food relief following natural disasters. This is one of the ...