The first US aid flight to Burma following the devastating cyclone nine days ago has landed in Rangoon.The US spent days negotiating with Burma's military government to gain permission for the aircraft to land.
The junta has admitted that parts of the worst-affected region remain cut-off, but the generals are still refusing entry to foreign aid workers.
The official death toll has risen to almost 30,000 but aid agencies fear 1.5m could die if help does not come.
They say more than two-thirds of the cyclone victims are yet to be reached.
The agencies estimate that 100,000 have already perished.
Nine days after Cyclone Nargis struck Burma's low-lying Irrawaddy Delta region, survivors are beginning to gather in makeshift camps around the edges of the disaster zone.
The UN, which has launched a $187m (�96m) appeal for aid, says people urgently need food, water, shelter and medical aid.
Many victims are said to be dehydrated or suffering from injuries that have not been treated.
An Associated Press reporter, in the delta region, described how bodies continued to litter the land and the rivers.
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