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The death toll from a killer cyclone in Myanmar could be "in the region of 100,000 or even more," says the chief of the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief agency.

John Holmes, U.N. under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, said Wednesday his organization already has confirmed 38,491 deaths -- much more than the 22,000 figure from Myanmar's government.

The weather forecast, meanwhile, calls for rain in the next several days in Myanmar, which is also known as Burma. That could cause flooding in low-lying areas that already are saturated with water left when Cyclone Nargis slammed into the country on May 2. Read full article »

CNN's Sara Sidner in Bangkok, Thailand, and Jennifer Z. Deaton contributed to this report.

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