Aid arrives in Myanmar as death toll passes 22,000, but worst-hit area still cut off

Aid began to trickle into cyclone-ravaged Myanmar late Tuesday but the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta, where nearly 22,000 people perished, was largely cut off from the rest of the world four days after winds, floods and high tidal waves tore through the densely populated region.

With more than 40,000 still missing and as many as 1 million possibly left homeless, the international community was struggling to deliver aid in the military-ruled country, which normally seeks to shut out foreign officials and restricts their access inside the country.

But the WFP said in a statement worst-hit coastal areas — including the Irrawaddy delta — were out of reach for aid workers due to flooding and road damage.
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