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Good morning. Death toll <사고, 전쟁 등의> 사망자수 rising. That devastating <완전히> 파괴적인 cyclone 열대성 저기압, 사이클론 in Myanmar has now claimed <목숨을> 빼앗다 at least 15,000 lives with 30,000 still missing. And up to a million now homeless. And this morning, new before and after photos show the staggering 압도적인 power of the storm. From NBC News, This is TODAY with Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, live from Studio 1A in
In the Southeast Asia nation of Myanmar, NBC’s Ian Williams has the latest from Bangkok, Thailand, the staging point 집결 포인트 for emergency aid 원조, 조력. Ian, good morning to you. Good morning, Meredith. As the estimated death toll from this disaster <큰>재해 continues to rise, Myanmar’s military rulers have appealed 간청하다 for urgent foreign aid.
Much of the area devastated by the cyclone remains cut off 차단, 분리, making it hard to confirm reports of tens of thousands, dead or missing. Power and communications are down. Access 접근, 출입 blocked by debris 잔해. Survivors in urgent need of basic life-saving provisions <음식물 같은 필수품의> 공급.
“Getting those supplies, safe drinking water and emergency medical drugs over the next 10 days is extremely critical 중요한. There is, there is a window that must be met. And if it is not, this death toll could go higher.” Satellite 위성 photographs show the area before and after. The cyclone destroying entire villages before going on to batter 강타하다 Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city.
The country formerly known as Burma is one of the poorest, most repressive 억압적인 and isolated 고립된 countries on earth. State TV has dwelled on 강조<역설>하다 relief effort 구조활동, 노력 spearheaded 앞장서다 by the ruling generals who brutally crushed 진압하다 pro-democracy protests last September and whose bungled 서투르게 하다, 잡치다 preparations for the storm were first highlighted by First Lady Laura Bush, a long time critic 비평가, 혹평가 of the regime 정권.