Original: '' 80,000 dead in one Burma province '' , The Australian , May 9 , 2008 The cyclone made landfall in the country on May 2 , 2008 , causing catastrophic destruction and at least 138,000 fatalities .
Simplified: Most of their officials , supplies and stores are waiting in Thailand and at the Yangon airport , as the Burmese junta does not want to issue visas for many of those people .