Myanmar Cyclone

The AP says that the death toll from the Myanmar cyclone has risen. There are discrepancies in the number of deaths and missing. According to their government, the number of deaths have risen to over 43,000 to date with 27,838 as the number of missing reported. However, other agencies have the numbers at 68,833 to 127,990 deaths. That's a big discrepancy. Those numbers do not account for the millions that require urgent aid either.

There are problems with getting access to the areas where help is needed. Aid has been restricted dependant upon what country you are it seems like.

Loss of life is always difficult. Hurricane Katrina was really bad (and the aftermath also bad), but could you imagine the loss of life in the numbers Myanmar is seeing? I can't.