TRENTON, Ont. -- A Canadian C17 Globemaster cargo plane will be loaded with emergency supplies for cyclone-ravaged Myanmar today.
The plane will be loaded at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario and is scheduled to leave the base at about 1 p.m.
About 2,000 emergency shelter kits will be distributed by the Red Cross once the flight arrives in Thailand.
Canada has pledged $2 million in aid for the victims of the May 3rd cyclone, which killed at least 34,000 people and left almost 28,000 missing.
Another storm is headed toward Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta, where the UN has warned of a "second wave of deaths" among an estimated two million survivors.
UN aid agencies and other groups have been able to reach only 270,000 people so far due to poor logistics, limited infrastructure and the military government's refusal to allow foreign aid workers into the country. --The Canadian Press
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