May 7 - More than 100,000 people are now thought to have perished in a powerful Cyclone which devastated Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta region.
A U.S. diplomat said he'd received the information, which sharply revised upwards the official death toll from 22,000.
International pressure is growing on Myanmar's military rulers to allow a full-scale relief operation to be mounted. The U.N. is warning that one million people are homeless and in urgent need of help.
Helen Long reports.
Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel pose for the media as they load relief supplies for Myanmar onto a transport aircraft at the airport in New Delhi May 8, 2008. Myanmar's military ...
