Death toll rising

The death toll of the cyclone in Burma now stands at more than 15,000.

10,000 are from one town alone.

3,000 missing.

The Junta is allowing some foreign aid.

After getting a "careful green light" from the government, the United Nations said it was pulling out all the stops to send in emergency aid such as food, clean water, blankets and plastic sheeting.

"The U.N. will begin preparing assistance now to be delivered and transported to Myanmar as quickly as possible," World Food Programme (WFP) spokesman Paul Risley said.

A Thai military plane carrying 9 metric tons of food is due to leave Bangkok later on Tuesday, the first outside aid package.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, monks clear up roads damaged by cyclone in Yangon, Sunday, May 4, 2008. Residents of Myanmar's biggest city lit candles Monday, May 5, lined up to buy water and hacked their way through trees fallen in a cyclone that killed more than 350 people, destroyed thousands of homes and caused widespread power cuts. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Yunfei)