Storm With Category Three Hurricane Intensity Leaves 351 Dead

On Sunday, the Associated Press reported in the afternoon, that a Tropical Cyclone that was equal in intensity to what would amount to a Category Three Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale with 120 mile per hour winds, crashed into the military ruled republic of Myanmar (also known as Burma) in Southeast Asia. According to initial reports, the storm left 351 dead including some 162 on a barrier island off the coast of the isolated country that has been ruled by a military junta since 1962. The deaths on the island were likely a result of tremendous surge that swept in along with the storm.