2008: In May 2008 Cyclone Nargis, with unremarkable maximum wind speeds of 100 mph, struck Myanmar and caused a freak storm surge that went up the Irrawaddy River and killed 140,000 people.
HI May 2, 2008, Xidzedze lexi vuriwaka Nargis xi hlasele tiko ra Myanmar naswona swi nga si ya kwihi se a ku vulavuriwa ha xona emahungwini emisaveni hinkwayo. * Ku vikiwe leswaku vanhu va kwalomu ka 140 000 va file kumbe va nyamalarile endzhaku ka loko xidzedze xa matimba xi pfindluse mati ya lwandle kutani ma khubumeta ndhawu leyi nambu wa Irrawaddy wu hlanganaka kona ni lwandle.