Mother gave birth in middle of Burma cyclone

As the waters rose around her house, Ohn Tay grabbed her eight-year-old son and ran to safety. Hours later, she gave birth to a baby girl.

As the waters rose around her house, Ohn Tay grabbed her eight-year-old son and ran to safety. Hours later, she gave birth to a baby girl.

Her husband is missing, but the young mother and her children are safe, crammed into a Buddhist monastery with a leaky roof, along with 150 other survivors, half of them children.

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