Photo Gallery Nargis' Disastrous Consequences
Burma after the cyclone: the map shows estimates of the number of people living in the area affected by the flooding. Red circles: 100,000 to 208,000 people, orange circles: 50,000 to 100,000, dark green circles: 25,000 bis 50,000, light green circles: 10,000 bis 25,000. The red areas show where the floodwaters were as of May 5.
Satellite images of the flooded area around Rangoon on May 5: Red indicates standing water.
Flooded areas in southern Burma based on satellite pictures from May 5: Purple areas represent 1001-1400 square kilometers of flooding, dark blue 500-1000, light blue 101-500 square kilometers.
Nargis' course, part 1: the line shows the path of the cyclone across Burma. The red part of the line shows where the wind speeds hit between 211 and 250 kilometers per hour. The orange parts of the line saw wind speeds of between 172 and 209 kilometers per hour.
Nargis' course, part 2: The storm grew weaker over land. Here its wind speeds were between 153 and 176 km/h (orange) and 118 to 152 km/h (yellow).
Overview: Nargis' path of destruction.
Satellite photo: On May 1 Nargis gathered strength over the Gulf of Bengal.
Nargis over Burma: Infrared photography from NASA's Terra satellite shows the strong rains at the heart of the storm.
Radar images from the European Envisat satellite show the Irrawaddy delta one year ago (left). On the right is the same area on May 3. Gray and black areas indicate flooding.
Image of destruction: The devastation Nargis wreaked on Burma's coast is visible from space.
