2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season tremendous, with 450,000 homes, 4,000 schools, and 75 percent of healthcare facilities destroyed and 350,000 homes severely damaged. With approximately 140,000 fatalities taking place in Myanmar, Nargis is regarded as the worst disaster in the country's history and ranks as the fourth-deadliest tropical cyclone on record. Damage from the storm amounted to 11.7 trillion Burmese kyat (US$12.9 billion), the majority of which occurred within the private sector. In the immediate aftermath of the cyclone, numerous members of the international community were prepared to provide Myanmar with aid. For several weeks, the State Peace and Development Council (Myanmar's military junta) insisted
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