The numbers coming out of Myanmar (as high as 10,000 according to the foreign minister referenced in the New York Times) make Friday's cyclone the world's deadliest storm since a 1999 cyclone in India.
An estimated 100,000 people--many of them children--are now homeless. Their most urgent needs are plastic sheeting for shelter, water purification tablets, cooking sets, bed nets, emergency health kits and food.
UNICEF has been working continuously in Myanmar since 1950, and will take the lead in addressing children's needs in this crisis.
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