Disaster preparedness: lessons from cyclone Nargis by Pam Steele

guardian.co.uk

The reluctance of the military junta to allow aid into Burma slowed down the response of aid agencies, and showed that without local capacity, humanitarian assistance is often too late 

A monk walks by his damaged monastery, at the isolated village of Mingala Taungtan in the Ayeyarwaddy delta, Burma. Photograph: Getty Images