May 16. - Rain deepens Myanmar misery as the Junta sharply raises its death toll.
Up to 2.5 million survivors are clinging to life in the low-lying Irrawaddy delta, with thousands of people lining roadsides to beg for help in the absence of large scale government or foreign relief operations.
Sarah Toms reports.
Crew members sit on CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters on the USS Essex, about 50 nautical miles south of Myanmar's Irawaddy Delta, May 17, 2008. The USS Essex is currently stationed in ...