In breaking national news …

The death toll from a powerful cyclone that slammed into Myanmar’s Irrawaddy delta was raised to more than 22,000 people on Tuesday, state media reported.An additional 41,000 people were missing as a result of the cyclone, which triggered a massive storm surge that swept inland and left people with nowhere to run, killing at least 10,000 people in one town alone.

This is catastrophic.