The death toll from the cyclone that slashed through Myanmar has soared to more than 15,000 people, official sources said late Monday.
Sources said casualties from Cyclone Nargis are expected to reach at least 10,000 in the city of Bogalay alone, with another 1,000 dead in the city of Laputta, both in the country's Irrawaddy delta region, Xinhua reported.
The state-run Chinese news agency also cited government sources saying at least 20,000 homes had been destroyed on Haing Kyi island in the river delta, leaving more than 97,000 people without shelter.
The Myanmar government also said thousands more were injured and missing in the aftermath of the storm, which slogged through Yangon and the Irrawaddy delta packing dangerous rains and winds of more than 130 miles per hour, Radio New Zealand reported Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Nyan Win said the government would accept international assistance, and aid shipments were being prepared.
The United Nations says Myanmar's military government agreed to allow U.N. aid agencies to operate in the country formerly known as Burma to help survivors.
"The U.N. will begin preparing assistance now to be delivered and transported to Myanmar as quickly as possible," said Paul Risley of the World Food Program.
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YANGON, Myanmar, May 5 (UPI) --
Organisation des Nations unies.

L'aide de l'Organisation des Nations unies commence à arriver en Birmanie, après les dizaines de milliers de morts provoqués par le cyclone Nargis.

À propos de l'acheminement de l'aide internationale, le secrétaire général de l'ONU, Ban Ki-moon a déclaré qu'il était 

Des responsable du gouvernant birman ont déclaré que  personnes sont décédées à la suite du cyclone Nargis. Mais ce n'est que lorsque les sauveteurs ont atteint les zones les plus durement touchées par la catastrophe qu'ils ont réélement compris l'ampleur des dégâts et du bilan humain. Ainsi, au moins  personnes ont été tuées rien que dans la ville de Bogalay, situé dans le district de Pyapon, dans le sud-ouest du pays.

Des centaines de milliers de personnes sont sans-abri, et au moins trois milliers d'autres ont été blessés par le cyclone.