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The Associated Press
Diplomat: Myanmar toll may hit 100,000
YANGON, Myanmar — Bodies floated in flood waters and survivors tried to reach dry ground on boats using blankets as sails, while the top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday that the toll from the cyclone and its aftermath may reach 100,000.
Hungry crowds stormed the few shops that opened in the country’s stricken Irrawaddy Delta, sparking fist fights, according to Paul Risley, a spokesman for the UN World Food Program in neighbouring Thailand.
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