The top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar warns the death toll may reach 100,000 from a cyclone and its aftermath. Still the country’s military junta is “paranoid about the United States but is not halting American aid in retaliation for past criticism.

According to Fox News, “U.S. charge d’ affaires Shari Villarosa estimates show 95 percent of buildings in the affected area are demolished, bridges are washed out. She called the situation outside the former capital Yangon ‘increasingly horrendous’ citing relief agency reports of shortages of food and drinking water.”

Villarosa explained the death toll could exceed 100,000 as humanitarian conditions worsen. The U.S. military has place people and airplanes into positions to work on any relief effort but officials are awaiting word if the Asian nation would accept American help.

Villarosa isn’t optimistic on the prospects of Myanmar’s future. Fox News quotes the envoy as saying, “it’s a very paranoid regime. They are very paranoid about the United States.

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