Cyclone Nargis Cyclone Nargis Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis ( ) caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Myanmar during early May 2008. The cyclone made landfall in Myanmar on Friday, 2 May 2008, sending a storm surge 40 kilometres up the densely populated Irrawaddy delta, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 138,373 fatalities. The Labutta Township alone was reported to have 80,000 dead, with about 10,000 more deaths in Bogale. There were around 55,000 people missing and many other deaths were found in other towns and areas, although the Myanmar government's official death toll may have been under-reported,
Nargis Anwar Hussain (1928–1988), also became a film actor. Fatima made her first film appearance in the 1935 film "Talashe Haq" when she was six years old, credited as "Baby Nargis". Nargis ( ) is a Persian word meaning Narcissus, the daffodil flower. She was subsequently credited as "Nargis" in all of her films. Nargis appeared in numerous films after her debut; she won lasting fame for her later, adult, roles, starting with at the age of 14, in Mehboob Khan's "Taqdeer" in 1943 opposite, Motilal. She starred in many popular Hindi films of the late 1940s and 1950s such as