Everything Is Broken Audiobook by Emma Larkin
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Listen to full audiobook for free : https://audiobookzap.com/free Title: Everything Is Broken Subtitle: A Tale of Catastrophe in Burma Categories: 21st Century, Asia, Disaster Relief, Ecology Author: Emma Larkin Narrator: Emily Durante Publisher: Tantor Audio Release date: 06-28-2010 Language: English Summary: On May 2, 2008, an enormous tropical cyclone made landfall in Burma, wreaking untold havoc and leaving an official toll of 138,300 dead and missing. In the days that followed, the sheer scale of the disaster became apparent as information began to seep out from the hard-hit delta area. But the Burmese regime, in an unfathomable decision of near-genocidal proportions, provided little relief to its suffering population and blocked international aid from entering the country. Hundreds of thousands of Burmese citizens lacked food, drinking water, and basic shelter, but the xenophobic generals who rule the country refused emergency help. Emma Larkin, who has been traveling to and secretly reporting on Burma for years, managed to arrange for a tourist visa in those frenzied days and arrived hoping to help. It was impossible for anyone to gauge just how much devastation the cyclone had left in its wake; by all accounts, including the regime's, it was a catastrophe of epic proportions. #ad Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
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