In addition to the rapidly climbing death toll brought on by Cyclone Nargis nearly two weeks ago, more than 2 million people in the region have fallen into a state of homelessness and famine. Rather than die of thirst, refugees are drinking water contaminated by the floating bodies of between 63,000 and 100,000 (according to the U.N.) of their friends, families, and fellow countrymen. As a result, disease is running rampant and unchecked. As many as a million Nargis victims remain at risk of death from disease and hunger because the ruling military junta will only let a sliver of foreign aid through. That which it does allow is pillaged by authorities and sold for profit.