
What turned out to be a category three storm hit low lying areas and flooded the country's low-lying Irrawaddy River delta area. It left a path of destruction along the southern coast of the country from Labutta to Yangon.
Humanitarian aid has been offered from many quarters but the U.S. State Department said that Myanmar's government has not granted permission for a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) into their country.
Myanmar officials were heard to say, "We can do a heck of a job on our own thank you very much DART-IE." (Brownie canceled his flight plans.)
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