Tropical cyclone Nargis wrought havoc in southern Myanmar, with an estimated death toll well above 100,000. Potential future disasters could be alleviated with currently available forecasting skill and effective disaster mitigation plans.
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Joint Rapid Situation Assessment Report: Status and Context of Four Coastal Townships of Yangon and Ayeyarwady Divisons in Myanmar (Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Myanmar, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Thailand, 2008); available at http://www.adpc.net/v2007/
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Webster, P. Myanmar's deadly daffodil. Nature Geosci 1, 488–490 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo257
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