The Irrawaddy-Sept 17, 2024

Myanmar’s population is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of natural disasters—especially so when their country is ruled by the military.mIn 2008, when Cyclone Nargis hit the country’s Irrawaddy Delta region, more than 130,000 people lost their lives. The enormous death toll was mainly due to the then junta’s failure to issue early warnings of the impending disaster, and its blocking of local and international aid efforts in the immediate aftermath of the storm. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/editorial/myanmar-junta-adds-to-its-crimes-with-neglect-of-typhoon-victims.html First published in The Irrawaddy