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| YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) -- A Myanmar government radio station said Tuesday that more than 22,000 people are dead and 41,000 missing after the catastrophic cyclone that battered the country. A news broadcast on the state-run station said Tuesday that 22,464 people had been confirmed dead after Cyclone Nargis. The broadcast added that 41,000 more were missing. The U.N. estimated up to a million could be homeless. China's state-run Xinhua news agency, quoting officials, reported a death toll of 10,000 alone in the township of Bogalay, where bodies were being dumped into the river. CNN's Dan Rivers, the first Western journalist in Bogalay, said destroyed homes could be seen for 30 kilometer stretches. In one area only four homes remained from a total of 369. Rivers said people were now sheltering under canvas covers. They had little food bar a small amount of eggs and rice. The area's rice had been destroyed, leaving Bogalay with a five-day supply. Water pumps were also ruined, and fuel was scarce. |