Burma death toll continues to rise

Burma's state media said last weekend's cyclone killed some 10,000 people in one town alone, raising fears of a big rise in the overall death toll today, as the international community prepared to rush aid to the nation.

Burma's state media said last weekend's cyclone killed some 10,000 people in one town alone, raising fears of a big rise in the overall death toll today.

The 10,000 perished over the weekend in the town of Bogalay in the low-lying Irrawaddy delta, the hardest hit area when Cyclone Nargis struck Saturday, state television said.