Myanmar tsunami death toll rises to 90 : UNICEF
29/12/2004 11:11
UNICEF has been informed by reliable sources that there have been at least 90
deaths due to tsunamis, said UNICEF Myanmar in a statement on Tuesday. UNICEF
Myanmar anticipates that emergency funding may be required to provide essential
health, clean water and sanitation assistance in affected areas, the United
Nations agency added. Meanwhile, the Myanmar government spokesman
Brigadier-General Aung Thein said on Tuesday that 36 people were killed, 14
missing and 45 injured as of Tuesday afternoon by aftershocks caused by a
powerful earthquake that rocked Indonesia as well as tsunamis that smashed into
the country's coastal areas Sunday. Aung Thein, who is Deputy Information
Minister, disclosed at a press conference in Yangon that 138 buildings were
destroyed in some parts of the country's six divisions and states --
Tanintharyi, Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawaddy, Rakhine and Shan (South) and 778 people
were left homeless. Rescue operation has been underway by the
government. Nine aftershocks with magnitude of about 6.0 were registered on
Sunday in the Andaman Sea following the Sumatra quake which triggered the
tsunami.
Xinhua
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