Cyclone in Burma death tolls soaring Cyclone in Burma, the death toll soars to 22,000 Burma media have said with more than 40,000 are still missing the cyclone hit Burma over three days ago. The cyclone has had the same sort of effect as the Tsunami that hit the Asian continent in 2004. It has been stressed that this was not a Tsunami. The BBC site has video footage which shows the force of the cyclone.