Thousands left homeless after huge cyclone

HUNDREDS of thousands of people are without shelter and drinking water in military-ruled Myanmar after a devastating cyclone.

Aid agencies scrambled to deliver plastic sheeting, water and clothing from stockpiles in the former Burma, where at least 351 people died in the cyclone that slammed into the Irrawaddy delta region on Saturday before devastating Yangon.

The death toll is likely to climb as the authorities make contact with hard-hit islands and villages in the delta.