နာဂစ္အေၾကာင္းသိေကာင္းစရာ

Formed: April 27, 2008

Dissipated: May 3, 2008

Highest winds: 165 km/h (105 mph) (3-minute sustained) 215 km/h (135 mph) (1-minute sustained)

Lowest pressure ≤ 962 hPa (mbar)

Fatalities: 77,738- 124,000

Damage: Unknown

Areas affected: Myanmar

Part of the 2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season




Cyclone Nargis (also known as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis) was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the deadliest natural disaster in the recorded history of Myanmar (also known as Burma). The cyclone made landfall in the country on May 2, 2008, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 78,000 fatalities with a further 56,000 people still missing. However, Labutta Township alone was reported to have 80,000 dead and some have estimated the death toll may be well over 100,000.
Nargis is the deadliest named cyclone in the North Indian Ocean Basin, as well as the second deadliest named cyclone of all time, behind Typhoon Nina. Including unnamed storms, Nargis is the 8th deadliest cyclone of all time. Nargis was the first tropical cyclone to strike the country since Cyclone Mala made landfall in 2006.
The cyclone name "Nargis" is an Urdu word meaning daffodil. The first named storm of the 2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Nargis developed on April 27 in the central area of Bay of Bengal. Initially it tracked slowly northwestward and, encountering favorable conditions, it quickly strengthened. Dry air weakened the cyclone on April 29, though after beginning a steady eastward motion Nargis rapidly intensified to attain peak winds of at least 165 km/h (105 mph) on May 2; the Joint Typhoon Warning Center assessed peak winds of 215 km/h (135 mph). The cyclone moved ashore in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar near peak intensity and, after passing near the major city of Yangon (Rangoon), the storm gradually weakened until dissipating near the border of Myanmar and Thailand.

Helping to people

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe, accompanied by General Thura Shwe Mann of the Ministry of Defence, SPDC member Lt-Gen Tin Aye, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung, Deputy Minister for Health Dr Paing Soe, senior military officers of the Ministry of Defence and officials of the SPDC Office, left Pathein by Tatmadaw helicopter yesterday morning and arrived at Mawlamyinekyun of Myaungmya District at 9.30 am to comfort the storm victims there, after inspecting relief and rehabilitation activities in storm-hit regions of Ayeyawady Division.

Of Love

How love came in, Ido not know,
Whether by th'eye,, or ear or no:
Or whether with teh soul it came,
At first, infused with the same:
Whether in part 'tis here or there,
Or, like the soul, whole everhere:
This troubles me but I as well
As any other, this can tell:
That when from hence she does dpart ,
The outlet then is from the heart.

Robert Herrick
1591-1674