(17 May 08 - RV) Myanmar state television reported yesterday the official death
toll from the devastating cyclone earlier this month has climbed to 77,738.
The
official count for the missing also soared to 55,917 from a figure of 27,838.
The
United Nations warns people are in urgent need of food, water and shelter.
Matthew
Cochran is the spokesperson for The International Federation of the Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies. He said most people cannot imagine the scale of the crisis
and that an outbreak of disease is a very real possibility….