Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Myanmar on 2 (Friday) and 3 (Saturday) May 2008, causing extensive damage in Yangon and other outlaying areas. It made landfall at around 16:00, sweeping through the country's largest city, Yangon and the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) delta region, which is approximately 250 km southwest of Yangon.

ASEAN Member States have been providing relief assistance to Myanmar following the Cyclone Nargis disaster last week. The relief assistance that has been mobilised so far includes base camp supplies such as tents, food items (i.e. rice, instant noodles, baby food, etc),blankets, medical supplies; and financial assistance. In addition, ASEAN Member States, including Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, have also put their relief and medical teams on standby to be mobilised to Myanmar. Some ASEAN Member States, namely Philippines and Singapore, have also provided personnel to join the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team to do rapid ssessment of needs and situation on the ground.

ASEAN Secretariat, 8 May 2008 

(Jakarta, 8 May 2008) The ASEAN Secretariat has established an emergency humanitarian relief fund for Myanmar following the natural disaster there.