The United States said Friday it dispatched four C-130 relief flights to Myanmar and two of the shipments were handed directly to the international NGOs in Myanmar for the first time.
"We had four C-130 relief flights that landed in Rangoon today. Two of the shipments were handed directly over to NGOs. That was the first time that has happened," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.
"And we're planning four to five flights for both Saturday and Sunday and it is our hope that some of those shipments, again, will be handed over directly to international NGOs for distribution in affected areas," McCormack said.
Myanmar state television said Friday the official death count from the May 3 cyclone in the country was 77,738, with 55,917 others missing.
The White House announced on Monday that it would provide an extra aid of 13 million U.S. dollars for cyclone-hit Myanmar, and this brought the total U.S. aid to Myanmar so far to 16.25 million dollars.
Source:Xinhua
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