YANGON - Ua loaʻa ʻo Myanmar ma kahi o 25 pakeneka ka liʻiliʻi o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma kona kahua mokulele nui i ka makahiki 2008, ua hōʻike ʻia nā helu kūhelu i ka Pōʻalua, i loko o kahi makahiki i hoʻopau ʻia ai kahi ʻino make i nā wahi ākea o ka lāhui hoʻokele koa.
He 177,018 mau malihini kipa i hōʻea i ke kahua mokulele honua ʻo Yangon, mai 231,587 i ka makahiki 2007, ua hōʻike ʻia nā helu mai ka hōkele o ke aupuni a me ke keʻena mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻO ka mahina maikaʻi loa no ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Malaki me 21,100 i hōʻea mai a ʻo Mei ka mea ʻino loa me 9,258 mau malihini kipa.
Ua lele ʻo Cyclone Nargis i ka hema o Myanmar Mei 2-3 i ka makahiki i hala, e waiho ana he 138,000 poʻe i make a nalowale paha a luku i nā hale a me nā ʻāina mahiʻai, ʻoi loa ma ka ʻāpana delta komohana hema.
ʻO ka manawa mākaʻikaʻi nui ma Myanmar e holo ana mai ʻOkakopa a ʻApelila, akā ʻo ka nui o nā huakaʻi no ka makahiki i emi iho i 3,772 mai 4,263 i 2007.
ʻAʻole i loaʻa nā helu no ka heluna o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻea mai ana ma ka ʻāina, akā ma ka awelika ma kahi o ka hapalua o ka poʻe malihini e komo ma nā palena ʻāina.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā malihini mai Asia - 115,735 ka nui, me 26,903 Thais a me 18,883 Kina.
Ua hele mai kekahi poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mai ʻAmelika, ʻEulopa, ʻApelika, Middle East a me nā ʻāina Pākīpika.
'Ua emi nā helu ma muli o ka makani pāhili Nargis i Mei. E hāʻule paha nā helu i nā mahina e hiki mai ana ma muli o ka pilikia o Bangkok a me ka hoʻouka ʻana o India, "i haʻi aku ai ka mea hoʻokele huakaʻi ʻo Khin Khin i ka AFP, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka hoʻopiʻi honua.
ʻO ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo India o Mumbai i ka hopena o Nowemapa a me ka haunaele politika ma Thailand i pani i ke kahua mokulele honua o Bangkok no ʻewalu mau lā i hōʻino i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko.
ʻOiai he nui nā wahi nani o Myanmar e hoʻokipa ai i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ua haʻalele ʻia e nā malihini he nui i ka ʻāina ma muli o ke aupuni junta.
Ua hoʻomalu ʻia ʻo Myanmar e ka pūʻali koa mai ka makahiki 1962 a aia ma lalo o nā hoʻopaʻi a US a me EU ma muli o kāna moʻolelo pono kanaka a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o ke alakaʻi demokala ʻo Aung San Suu Kyi.
