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People take shower and brush their teeth on a street in Yangon May 7, 2008. REUTERS/Strringer

U.N. says 1.5 million people affected by Myanmar storm

Reuters - Thursday, May 8 11:54 pm

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations estimated 1.5 million people have been "severely affected" by the cyclone that swept through Myanmar, with the United States expressing outrage on Thursday at delays in allowing in aid. More »

  • Cast member Robert Downey Jr. (R) at the premiere of the film

    Iron Man sweeps to top of British box office

    Reuters - Wednesday, May 7 01:09 pm

    LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Superhero blockbuster "Iron Man" took the British box office by storm over the weekend, knocking Russell Brand's debut movie off top spot after only one week. More »

  • Cast member Robert Downey Jr. (R) smiles at the premiere of the film

    Iron Man sweeps to top of box office

    Reuters - Wednesday, May 7 11:55 am

    LONDON (Reuters) - Superhero blockbuster "Iron Man" took the box office by storm over the weekend, knocking Russell Brand's debut movie off top spot after only one week. More »

  • A flooded street in Treeton near Sheffield in June 2007. Britain faces a repeat of last summer's devastating floods with hundreds of power stations and water treatment facilities at the mercy of overflowing rivers, a report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee has said.

    Experts warn of renewed flood risk

    AFP - Wednesday, May 7 11:25 am

    LONDON (AFP) - Britain faces a repeat of last summer's devastating floods with hundreds of power stations and water treatment facilities at the mercy of overflowing rivers, a report said Wednesday. More »

  • Flood protection funding 'too low'

    Flood protection funding 'too low'

    ITN - Wednesday, May 7 08:54 am

    A warning has been issued by MPs that the Government's flood protection funding is "inadequate". More »

  • Britain Has 'Underestimated' Flood Threats

    SkyNews - Wednesday, May 7 08:54 am

    For the last 50 years we have been concreting over our countryside, neglecting our drainage systems and busily building on flood plains.In other words; living as if flooding is a problem that happens elsewhere. More »

  • MPs say country still unprepared for floods

    Reuters - Wednesday, May 7 08:43 am

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is still underprepared for the sort of flooding which devastated much of the country last summer with measures to cope with floods in a "chaotic state", a report by a committee of MPs said on Wednesday. More »

  • MPs warn of 'inadequate' flood cash

    MPs warn of 'inadequate' flood cash

    Press Assoc. - Wednesday, May 7 04:09 am

    The amount of money pledged by the Government to prevent a repeat of last summer's devastating floods is "inadequate", MPs warned. More »

  • People collect water on a street in Yangon May 6, 2008, after Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar's main city on Saturday.

    Myanmar cyclone toll nearing 22,500

    Reuters - Wednesday, May 7 12:46 am

    YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government raised its death toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22,500 with another 41,000 missing, almost all from a massive storm surge that swept into the Irrawaddy delta. More »

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