About one million people were left homeless by the devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar and about 5,000 sq km remain underwater in the Irrawaddy delta, a UN aid official said on Wednesday.
“We estimate upwards of 1 million people currently in need of shelter and life-saving assistance,” Richard Horsey, spokesman for the United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in Bangkok after a meeting of aid experts.
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