Figures released by the Burmese military junta over state-owned television and radio stated that the death toll in the cyclone was in the region of 3,934. Over 2,879 people are reported missing while 41 have bee injured.

The death toll has become more than ten told from the figures quoted by the government earlier in the day when state owned television said 351 people had died in cyclone Nargis that lashed Burma. The updated government figure was available a little while ago.