The first plane load of foreign aid has arrived in Rangoon from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Thailand. 31 is to follow. Speaking after a meeting with Burma's ambassador to Thailand, Foreign Minister Noppadol Pattama says he was told 30,000 people are missing after the cyclone passed, Friday.
Thailand was among the first 32 (send) help, with at least nine tons of aid arriving in Burma, Tuesday. Thailand Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsup says medical teams will go into the disaster areas.
The Thai official says Bangkok will dispatch a team of doctors to help prevent and control the spread of diseases that normally appear after a natural disaster of 33 type.
Officials estimate hundreds of thousands of people have been made 34 (home).
The hardest-hit area is in the IrawaddyRiver delta region, 35 the vast majority of the deaths are reported. Ten-thousand people are said to 36 (die) in one town, alone. The area is Burma's main
rice-producing region. Analysts say there is concern that falling food production could trigger instability.
Witnesses in Rangoon say anger is building among residents 37 (complaint) of the military's slow response 38 the disaster. Tuesday, much of the city remained without electricity or running water. Witnesses say it was 39 (large) citizens who were out clearing debris from the streets. Some complain they did not see any soldiers 40 36 hours after the storm struck.
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