Cyclone batters Myanmar’s main city Yangon - 04 May 2008

Al Jazeera’s Lucy Keating reports on the powerful cyclone that has slammed into Myanmar, killing several people and causing widespread damage.

Winds of up to 190-kilometres per hour have flattened buildings and power lines.

State media have confirmed four deaths so far in the country’s biggest city, Yangon.

However the worst hit area has been the Irrawady Delta - reprots from the villages there say half of the builidngs have been damaged or destroyed.

The Governemnt has named five regions as disaster zones - including Yangon and the Irrawady Delta.

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