Estimated 3.2 Million Burmese Potentially Affected By Cyclone (Lufee.com)

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Estimated 3.2 Million Burmese Potentially Affected By Cyclone
As many as 3.2 million Burmese are estimated to be affected by the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, according to geographic risk models developed by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Lehman College, CUNY. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the researchers calculated the likely distribution of the population of Burma (also known as Myanmar) and developed maps of the regions at greatest risk from the storm's effects.
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