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Bodies Fill Burmese Delta  

Posted May 11, 08 5:15 AM CDT in World    Most Covered

(newser) – The horrifying sight of bodies flowing by in streams or caught on vegetation has become commonplace in a remote area of Burma hit hard by the cyclone that has seen almost no government aid, reports the New York Times. “When we first saw the bodies floating past, we were sad and afraid,” said a farmer. “Now we just say, 'Here comes another body.'”

A boat trip through the Irrawaddy Delta revealed “countless” bodies and many houses reduced to dirt foundations. An estimated 1.5 million cyclone survivors desperately need food, fresh water, medicine and supplies. “We only have food for the next few days,” said one resident who lives in a tiny village where 96 of 200 people were killed.

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Bodies Fill Burmese Delta
In this photo released by the Mandalay Gazette, damage to a Buddhist temple in the Lat Put Tar region of the Irrawady delta is seen Monday, May 5, 2008.   (AP Photo/Mandalay Gazette, HO)
Bodies Fill Burmese Delta
In this Burma News Agency photo taken on Wednesday and released by China's Xinhua News Agency on Thursday, relief supplies for Cyclone survivors arrive in a village in the hardest-hit Irrawaddy delta.   (AP Photo/Burma News Agency via Xinhua News Agency)
Bodies Fill Burmese Delta
Burmese nationals gather at a Burmese buddhist temple in Singapore to pray for cyclone victims in Myanmar on Sunday May 11, 2008 in Singapore.   (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Bodies Fill Burmese Delta
A body floats in the Lat Put Tar region of the Irrawaddy delta of Burma.   (AP Photo/Mandalay Gazette, HO)
Bodies Fill Burmese Delta
In this May 2008 photo released by the Mandalay Gazette, victims of Cyclone Nargis huddle on a road in the the Lat Pat Tar region of the Irrawaddy delta in Myanmar.   (AP Photo/Mandalay Gazette, HO)
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