Myanmar cyclone death toll now almost 22,500

According to Reuters:

YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military government raised its death toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22,500 with a further 41,000 missing, nearly all of them from a massive storm surge that swept into the Irrawaddy delta.

Of the dead, only 671 were in the former capital, Yangon, and its outlying districts, state radio said, confirming Nargis as the most devastating cyclone to hit Asia since 1991, when 143,000 people died in Bangladesh.

Myanmar is the name declared by the military regime in 1989 in the nation previously known as Burma. In case you were secretly asking yourself, “Myanmar?”

My mom and I were just discussing how this has gotten very little coverage in the United States, because our “news” media sucks. So, if you hadn’t heard about it, I can’t say I blame you.

Next time the news is on, and they’re focusing on allegations that Barack Obama is black (absurd!!), take a moment to ask yourself which incredibly important stories are NOT being covered.