Another Storm Heads For Myanmar

(14 May 08 - RV) Another storm headed toward Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta today, where so little aid has reached that the U.N. warned of a «second wave of deaths» among more than 1.5 million survivors.

The delta was pulverized by Cyclone Nargis on May 2-3, leaving at least 34,273 dead and 27,838 missing, according to the government. The U.N. says the death toll could
exceed 100,000.

An estimated 1.5 to 2 million survivors are in need of emergency aid. But U.N. agencies and other voluntary groups have been able to reach only 270,000 people so far.

Matthew Cochran is the spokesman for the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies. He said the situation is dire…