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| Burma death toll jumps to 78,000 | Burma death toll jumps to 78,000 |
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| The official death toll for Burma's cyclone disaster has jumped to almost 78,000 people, with nearly 56,000 missing, according to state TV. | The official death toll for Burma's cyclone disaster has jumped to almost 78,000 people, with nearly 56,000 missing, according to state TV. |
| Previously, Burma was giving a toll of 43,000 dead and 28,000 missing while the Red Cross and United Nations had estimated a death toll above 100,000. | Previously, Burma was giving a toll of 43,000 dead and 28,000 missing while the Red Cross and United Nations had estimated a death toll above 100,000. |
| Aid agencies are frustrated at the slow progress of aid to areas worst hit. | Aid agencies are frustrated at the slow progress of aid to areas worst hit. |
| Cyclone Nargis battered southern regions of Burma, including the Irrawaddy Delta, on 2-3 May. | Cyclone Nargis battered southern regions of Burma, including the Irrawaddy Delta, on 2-3 May. |
| A BBC reporter in the delta this week saw little sign of official help and foreign aid workers have been barred from the area. | |
| Heavy rain has been lashing the region, compounding the misery of survivors. | |
| The EU's top aid official, Louis Michel, has been denied permission to visit the delta and says he was given no explanation why disaster emergency experts were being refused visas. | |
| However, Burma - also known as Myanmar - has promised to take foreign diplomats on a tour of the region this weekend. |