Myanmar Cyclone Video

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Four weeks after the Burmese cyclone struck, survivors still wait for aid.

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Representatives of more than fifty nations have pledged millions of dollars to help rebuild cyclone-ravaged Burma.

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Representatives of more than fifty nations have pledged millions of dollars towards rebuilding cyclone stricken Burma.

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Serious doubts have been raised about the ability of the United Nations to make a real difference in getting aid to Burma's cyclone survivors.

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The United Nations chief has met survivors of Burma's devastating cyclone.

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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has met survivors of Burma's devastating cyclone as he personally pleads for the country's military rulers to let in international aid.

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Aid is only now reaching cyclone survivors in Burma, three weeks after the event

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The military junta has agreed to a relief effort led by its South-East Asian neighbours to distribute foreign aid.

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Burma has begun three days of national mourning to remember the victims of Cyclone Nargis.

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Burma's military leaders may soon allow more international aid workers into the country to help the victims of Cyclone Nargis.

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The United Nation's top disaster official has arrived in Burma to try to convince the military rulers to allow in more international aid workers.

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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon will travel to Burma this week with reports he's close to convincing its military rulers to accept more foreign aid and relief workers.

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Foreign doctors and diplomats have been allowed into Burma for the first time since Cyclone Nargis hit more than two weeks ago.

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International aid agencies are worried the blanket coverage of the Chinese earthquake will take the spotlight off Burma and the victims of Cyclone Nargis.

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Human Rights Watch says it's had reports some of the aid is ending up in the hands of the military.

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Burmese authorities are still refusing to let foreign aid workers help the estimated 2.5 million people affected by Cyclone Nargis.

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The country's military rulers have been loathe to lose control of aid distribution but they've been warned to speed up the process if they want to avoid civil unrest.

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The United Nations has called an emergency meeting on the aid crisis in Burma.

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Medical supplies, water purification tablets and blankets are expected to become the property of the military rulers before they distribute it.

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Senior aid officials in the country have warned Australia's shipment with 31 tonnes of supplies is likely to be re-badged as the property of the Burmese Government.

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The Federal Government has sent 31 tonnes of medical supplies, blankets and water purification tablets to cyclone-ravaged Burma.

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The official death toll from Burma's devastating cyclone has risen to almost 32,000 as the country's military leaders sell emergency aid for profit.

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The United Nations fears over a million people could die if aid doesn't reach starving survivors soon.

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With up to two million people dead or starving, Burma has finally agreed to accept direct food aid from the United States.

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Aid workers say 1.5 million people who survived the devastating cyclone in Burma will die from disease or starvation if they don't get immediate help.

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Starving survivors of Cyclone Nargis have started to beg for food and water as the humanitarian crisis worsens.

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Australia has increased its cyclone assistance to Burma as aid agencies warn of a public health catastrophe.

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Almost a week after Cyclone Nargis claimed 100,000 lives in Burma, up to 1.5 million people are now facing a disaster which could be prevented.

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The nation's top news stories for the week ending May 2, 2008. Included is cyclone ravaged Burma, and the 2008 Logie Awards.

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A US Hercules packed full of aid for Burma's cyclone victims remains grounded because the country's military rulers are refusing entry.

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Unofficial estimates of the death toll from the Burma cyclone have grown to 100,000, with a million homeless.

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There's been a sudden and dramatic increase in the death toll from Cyclone Nargis in Burma with military officials declaring 80,000 people have been killed in just one district alone.

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The UN says a tsunami-style response is needed to help the people of Burma.

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The true scale of the humanitarian disaster in Burma is emerging despite efforts by the country's secretive military regime to play down the crisis.

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has joined international calls for Burma's military rulers to ease entry restrictions on foreign aid.

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The scale of the Burma cyclone disaster is escalating - reports place the death toll at close to 22,000 people, with 40,000 missing.

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Burma's military leadership is under increasing international pressure to allow more aid workers into the country with the number of casualties from Cyclone Nargis still rising.

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The Australian Government has pledged $3 million in immediate aid relief for Burma.

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The death toll from Burma's catastrophic cyclone has risen above 22,000.