Red Cross: Up to 128,000 may have died in Myanmar (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 05/14/2008 - 8:14pm

A child is carried by a boy in a village affected by Cyclone Nargis located near the Myanmar capital Yangon May 14, 2008.<br /><br />(Stringer/Reuters)AP - The Red Cross estimated Wednesday that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000 — a much higher figure than the government tally.

The U.N. warned a second wave of deaths will follow unless the military regime lets in more aid quickly.



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