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I was informed this evening that a powerful cyclone, categoy 4 out of 5 with winds up to a speed of 150 miles per hour has hit Myanmar, just below Sittwe. I saw the picture of the cyclone on the Net and it is HUGE. Can Kyaw in Yangon or Bangdong in Bangkok have some inside information? or any one who happens to be in Myanmar at the moment. Any updated information would be helpful. It is stronger than Nargis but the area hit is not the delta but high grounds even though the area around Sittwe has low lying islands. Thank you
Giri is not stronger than Nargis. Communications has been cut off because telephone lines are down. Death toll is expected to be much much much lower than Nargis because the coastal area is not as flat and therefore the storm surge cannot travel far inshore. Drowning was the major cause of death for Nargis because of the storm surge washing onto the delta area which was heavily populated. So far news reports are of deaths from crush injuries (like trees and telephone poles falling down etc).
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Friday, 22 October 2010 18:35: mizzima.com/news/breaking-an... Saturday, 23 October 2010 01:03: mizzima.com/news/inside-burm... Saturday, 23 October 2010 22:07: mizzima.com/news/inside-burm...
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It hit directly to Myay-pon township. Neither Sittwe nor Thandwe. It was about 15 death, according to a native. But can not confirm yet. Anyhow it is weaker than Nargis. Thanks God.
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Update 26 Oct 2010: straitstimes.com/BreakingNew... Cyclone kills 27 in Myanmar YANGON (Myanmar) - A CYCLONE that struck Myanmar's western coast late last week killed at least 27 people, damaging thousands of buildings and displacing tens of thousands of people, state television reported on Monday. Cyclone Giri arrived from the Bay of Bengal on Friday evening with winds of up to 180kmh, lashing several coastal areas of western Rakhine state that are home to poor families who live mostly in bamboo huts. It later moved into central Myanmar. Monday's report was the first announcement from the government on casualties and damage from the category 4 storm. The military government tightly controls information and also delayed reporting on - and asking for help with - the devastating Cyclone Nargis, which struck Myanmar in 2008, killing 130,000 people. The junta was widely criticised for what were called inadequate preparations and a slow response to the disaster. This time, the government credited its preparation and warning system with saving lives, saying the casualty toll was low because it had managed to help 53,000 villagers evacuate before the storm. In one coastal town in the country's centre, Kyaukphyu, three camps set up by the Myanmar Red Cross and the Social Welfare Ministry were housing more than 5,000 people, said Andrew Kirkwood, the resident representative of aid group Save the Children. A resident from Kyaukphyu, Chit Chit, who was contacted by phone, said that many homes had their roofs blown off and that many areas remained flooded. She said communications were cut over the weekend but had been restored. -- AP
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cochinjew: I haven't heard anything more than what the other posters have said, and what I have read in newspapers and online. Obviously, we can't find out all the details at this point, but hopefully the damage was not severe.
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