The destruction of mangrove forests that served as a buffer from the sea is partly to blame for the death toll from Burma's cyclone, says the head of ASEAN.
Mangrove destruction, a powerful storm surge and low-lying land have been blamed for the effects of Burma's Cyclone Nargis. Seen here, a flooded village near the capital Rangoon
Rainfall over the region on 3 May at 07:13 local time (00:43 UTC) after the storm hit land. Reds show areas that received intense rainfall, with yellow and green showing strong rain, and lighter rainfall in blue
By the time this image was taken on 3 May at 10:55 local time (04:25 UTC), Cyclone Nargis had weakened to a tropical storm. The storm's spiral structure can still be seen but the eye of the storm is poorly defined. Clouds fill the space the between spiral arms, a characteristic of a less-powerful tropical storm
used to serve as buffer between
between big waves and storms and the residential area
"All those lands have been destroyed.
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