relief flights

U.S. Admiral: Myanmar Allows Flights With Supplies

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Wed, 05/14/2008 - 11:51am

Co-host Steve Inskeep talks to Adm. Timothy Keating, head of U.S. Pacific Command, about his attempts to get Myanmar's military government to allow more relief flights into the country.

The survivors of Myanmar's devastating cyclone are growing increasingly desperate as foreign aid remained at a trickle, and overstretched aid workers struggled to reach hard-hit areas.