They still have not agreed to allow foreign aid workers in though.

This certainly seemed yesterday to be what I was hearing was what was worrying the UN most. Burma just don't have the skill or the ability (only 6 helicopters I heard!) to do this. With the amount of people in remote areas that need to be found and the threat of disease from all the dead people and animals who need to be removed, plus obviously all the people who will need medical treatment.

They were saying yesterday that even if this happened in an area in the South of England, the UK would need outside help to deal with it.

Of course dealing with such a situation quickly is the most important thing. Again yesterday they were saying that there is a sort of 10 day thing. After this time, disease apparently becomes rampant.

So, I wonder if news services have decided to play all this down a bit to stop everyone from becoming enraged!

'On Friday Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned of "catastrophic" consequences if Burma continues to ban most foreign aid workers from its cyclone relief work.'

'Two BBC correspondents who have travelled to the Irrawaddy delta say tens of thousands of bodies are strewn across the landscape, with houses toppled and trees uprooted.'

Both these quotes come from
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Burma votes amid cyclone aid row

I also watched a film last night from an ITV reporter who had apparently got further into Burma than anyone else. There were dead bodies everywhere. He said the stench was awful.

The survivors were in a bad state and desperate for help.

I don't think the allowing in of some aid or even all aid is going to be the solution to this.

What is needed is people to do the distribution, to clear up and to give medical help.