China And Burma Updates

The numbers regarding both the disasters in Burma and China have been, unfortunately, updated. In Burma, some 78,000 people are now reported dead with a further 56,000 missing. The United Nations is estimating that the death toll is above 100,000. The number one threat to those survivors in the area of the country that was hit remains access to clean water.

In China, just over 22,000 people are being reported dead with an estimated 5 million people left homeless. The death toll is expected to reach 50,000 or more.