People in Yangon, Myanmar faced today a horrible test as the powerful Tropical Cyclone Nargis rushed through the city killing at least 350 people, leveling thousands of houses and knocking out the electrical power.

An official report with the numer of victims, damaged goods, funds needed and also an aid strategy is expected to be finnished tomorrow after an investigation made by a U.N. team.

"At the moment, we have such poor opportunity for communications that I can't really tell you very much," Chris Kaye, the U.N.'s acting humanitarian coordinator in Yangon, said according to the Associated Press.
Apparently, the devastating cyclone, with winds of over 120 mph, teared up the roofs from more than 20,000 houses, damaged hospitals, schools and hotels. It also managed to cut the electricity and phone lines in the whole city.

The country was intensly preparing for next week’s referendum on a new constitution and the authorities are expected to issue a statement and say whether the vote will be postponed or not.
It would probably be best if all efforts would be guided towards helping the victims as all roads are blocked, thousands of people are homeless, electricity and comunications are down and water supplies are very low.

The severe event transformed five of the country’s regions into official disaster zones and the international expertise on natural disasters will help the rescue missions to take full effect.