Original: There were around 55,000 people missing and many other deaths were found in other towns and areas , although the Burmese government 's official death toll may have been underreported , and there have been allegations that they stopped updating the death-toll after 138,000 to minimize political fallout .
Simplified: He reported that '' The Irrawaddy delta was hit extremely hard not only because of the wind and rain but because of the storm surge . ''