About a day (15) years ago that the people of Yangon and Irrawaddy will never forget
Until the evening of May 1, 2008, when I was sitting at a beer shop, I was not aware of the impending storm. It’s raining all night. Early in the morning of May 2nd, I noticed a storm due to the sound of the satellite dish antenna falling on the roof. On the morning of May 2, 2008, when the Nargis storm hit.
Cyclone Nargis hit southern Myanmar on the morning of May 2, 2008. Yangon Division, Irrawaddy Division, Bago Division were the main victims.
37 cities were damaged, and according to official figures, 84,500 people died. 53,800 people were lost. 138,000 people were closed because the missing person was finally registered as dead.
Due to the speed of Nargis, the storm tides in the densely populated delta seas rose up to 40 meters. Irrawaddy Division Lapatta, There were many casualties on the sea side of Bo Kalay Township. Myanmar lost 12.9 billion US dollars (twelve thousand nine hundred million USD) due to Cyclone Nargis.
It was a Category 4 cyclone with maximum winds of 215 kilometers per hour. Level (5) is unimaginable. The world used to heavily condemn the Burmese military regime because of the weak response of the UN military junta to the danger of the storm and the rejection of humanitarian aid from foreign countries.
On the morning of the storm on May 2, there was only water all over the road. Cars are also half wet. Dump trucks from the regional project were parked in a row on Pyay Road. To help clean up the typhoon of the Yangon storm.
On U Wisara Street, I met General Win Myint, the commander of Yangon Region, on the side of the road. The soldier with his side carbine was seen wearing rubber boots and military pants. We saw a police battalion blocking the road and taking security in Munni Kone.
The entire city of Yangon is covered with broken tree branches. At that time, I didn’t see anyone using Facebook in Yangon. They were taking pictures of the damage caused by the storm with their phone cameras.
I have heard the news that the delta area is being destroyed. On our side, we came back after a day of power outage, but some places have been out of power for a long time. It has been 15 years since the end of Cyclone Nargis. Lwin Oo_Yanking (with respect to the original author – bkr)
