Oxfam warns 1.5 million at risk in Myanmar as some aid reaches survivors

A Red Cross boat carrying relief supplies for survivors of Myanmar's cyclone sank Sunday, as aid groups warned up to 1.5 million face death if they do not get clean water and sanitation soon. The government announced the confirmed death toll had jumped to nearly 29,000.

Heavy showers were forecast for the coming week, further complicating delivery of aid that is still barely reaching victims in the Irrawaddy delta, ravaged by the May 3 cyclone.

Further inland, the country's biggest city Yangon was crowded with refugees.

"People are sleeping in the open or in one of thousands of flimsy shelters dotted around the city," the International …