My heart goes out to those affected by the cylone that came swooping in on Myanmar last week. Death tolls continue to rise and now food shortages will ensue as a result of damage to the nation’s largest rice producer.

“From the reports we are getting, entire villages have been flattened and the final death toll may be huge,” Mac Pieczowski, who heads the International Organization for Migration office in Yangon, said in a statement.

Power remained cut for the fourth day for almost all 6.5 million residents of Yangon, the country’s largest city, while water supply was restored in only a few areas.

Buddhist monks and Catholic nuns wielding knives and axes joined residents in clearing roads of ancient, fallen trees that were once the city’s pride.

Concerns mounted over the lack of food, water and shelter in the delta as well as diseases spawned by Cyclone Nargis in a country with one of the world’s poorest health systems.”

To find out how you can help or make a donation to the victims contact Unicef USA or call 1.800.4UNICEF