Burma relief supplies 'lacking'

Relief supplies sent into Burma by the international community remain far below the needs of up to 2.5 million victims of the devastating cyclone, the United Nations said.

In its latest estimate, the UN World Food Programme said it would have to rush in 390 tons of food every day to reach the 750,000 victims it is targeting over the next month.

But only less than 300 tons have been distributed since Cyclone Nargis struck on May 2 and 3, killing at least 43,000 people and turning the low-lying Irrawaddy delta into a quagmire of shattered villages and squalid refugee camps ringed by fetid waters.

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