Cyclone survivors face disease risk

Lack of clean water will be the biggest killer in cyclone-hit Burma in the coming days, the international Red Cross warned.

Hundreds of thousands of victims risk falling victim to diseases such as dysentery, the head of operations for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said.

"If clean water isn't available it's going to be the biggest killer in the post-disaster environment," said Thomas Gurtner.

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