Cyclone death toll 'could reach 10,000'

Helicopters airlifted food to hungry survivors today while rescuers struggled to reach remote areas devastated by Bangladesh’s worst cyclone in a decade, amid fears the death toll could hit 10,000.

Army helicopters carried mostly high-protein biscuits supplied by the World Food Programme, said Emamul Haque, a spokesman for the WFP office in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, which is co-ordinating international aid efforts.