More international relief aid poured in Myanmar from seven countries -- Japan, Bangladesh, Laos, China, Thailand, India and Singapore Wednesday for the country's storm victims, according to state radio.
Arriving at the Yangon International Airport with their respective aircrafts were items of tent, power generator, medicine, water purifier, dry potato, pork and noodle, cloth, zinc sheet, nail and candle, the sources said.
These relief materials will be distributed immediately to the disaster-hit areas, the sources said.
The deadly tropical cyclone Nargis, which occurred over the Bayof Bengal, severely hit on last Friday and Saturday five divisionsand states -- Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawaddy, Kayin and Mon, covering such coastal towns in southwestern Ayeyawaddy division as Haing Gyi Island, Pathein, Myaungmya, Laputta, Mawlamyinegyun, Kyaiklat, Phyarpon and Bogalay, and the biggest city of Yangon, sustaining the heaviest ever casualties and damage.
Source:Xinhua
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