Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar’s southern Irrawaddy delta in May 2008, leaving at least 138,000 people dead and destroying homes and farmland. A year on, Myanmar’s military rulers have ignored the ...

The RV Kanee Pandaw will operate a 10-night round-trip itinerary from Yangon, with sister vessel RV Kha Byoo Pandaw expected ...

Pandaw Cruises will resume river expeditions in Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta in November, marking the company’s return to the ...

Myanmar is a known “hot spot” in Southeast Asia for mangrove loss from aquaculture, agriculture, and logging. MKWS is often described by researchers as one the most degraded mangrove systems or ...

The affected Irrawaddy Delta region was also hit with a devastating cyclone in 2008 The Burmese government has said that 85,000 people have been driven from their homes by heavy flooding. The ...

THA KHIN MA GYI, Myanmar — Without warning, it began at mid-afternoon with a howling wind. Five hours later, U Hla Kyi remembers, a tidal wave the height of a three-story building thundered in from ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 30 May 2008 In Myanmar, UNHCR is ...

The fertile, wet Irrawaddy Delta region is Burma's rice bowl To this day mystery surrounds the response of Burma's military government to the catastrophic cyclone that, on 2 May 2008, smashed into the ...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Wounded and terrified survivors waited for help on Tuesday, picking through flimsy bamboo, thatch and wooden wreckage in villages flattened by Cyclone Nargis, which Burma's ...

To this day mystery surrounds the response of Burma's military government to the catastrophic cyclone that, on 2 May 2008, smashed into the Irrawaddy Delta, a poor but densely populated region where ...

In Myanmar, UNHCR is setting up two field units in the Irrawaddy Delta area in Lapputa and Bogale townships to better respond to the emergency, monitor the distribution of our relief items and to ...