More than 30,000 victims in cyclone-hardest-hit Laputta township in Myanmar's southwestern Ayeyawaddy delta division have been evacuated to less-affected nearby areas by road or waterway to seek shelter there, according to Monday's local Weekly Eleven News.
Laputta, which comprises 63 wards and villages, was totally destroyed and survivors from the area have been moved out and scattered in nearby townships such as Myaungmya, Einme and Wakema, the report said, adding that Myaungmya alone has accommodated over 10,000 such victims.
According to earlier official report, a total of 9,330 cyclone victims have been accommodated in 32 relief camps opened in three areas for homeless survivors in the division -- Maubin, Wakema and Myaungmya.
Official victim figures for other townships in the division are not yet available.
The authorities claimed that rescue operations are daily underway to search for the missing people in the division with health staff going right down to the villages to provide healthcare for the survivors.
Deadly tropical cyclone Nargis, occurred over the Bay of Bengal, severely hit five divisions and states -- Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawaddy, Kayin and Mon -- on May 2 and 3. It covered a large scope of coastal towns in the Ayeyawaddy division including Haing Gyi Island, Pathein, Myaungmya, Laputta, Mawlamyinegyun, Kyaiklat, Phyarpon and Bogalay, and the biggest city of Yangon.
The Cyclone sustained the heaviest ever casualties and infrastructural damage. A total of 28,485 people have lost their lives in the cyclone storm with altogether 33,416 people remained missing, according to an official updated death toll Sunday.
Source:Xinhua
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