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. more

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 -
reports from the villages
there say half of the
buildings have been damaged or
destroyed.

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

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