Asia and Oceania

Burma
Still current at: 25 November 2009 Updated: 17 November 2009

This advice has been reviewed and reissued with amendments to the Summary (consular assistance figures). The overall level of the advice has not changed.

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Travel advice for this country

Natural disasters

The cyclone season in Burma normally runs from April to October. Floods and landslides may occur. The effects of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma on 2/3 May 2008, have caused tens of thousands of deaths and left hundreds of thousands more homeless in the Irrawaddy Delta. You are advised to avoid the Delta area and to follow the advice of the local authorities. For more general information, see tropical cyclones.