YANGON, May 10 (Xinhua) -- A special aircraft, laden with more relief supplies mainly medicines, arrived at the Yangon International Airport Saturday afternoon from China as the country's third batch of aid materials airlifted to Myanmar for cyclone-hit homeless survivors.

The Boeing 747-400 aircraft, Jade Cargo, brought along 58 tons more of relief materials which also include tents and water purifiers.

China has sent two batches of such relief materials with 60 tons each on Wednesday and Friday. These two batches of supplies, worth 500,000 dollars each, respectively constitute part of the country's emergency relief aid of one million U.S. dollars and 30 million yuan.

The one million dollars' aid also include emergency money aid of 500,000 dollars.

Relief goods items sent in earlier batches include compressed food and blankets.

The deadly tropical cyclone Nargis, which occurred over the Bay of Bengal, severely hit last weekend five divisions and states including Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawaddy, Kayin and Mon, covering such coastal towns in southwestern Ayeyawaddy division as Haing Gyi Island, Pathein, Myaungmya, Laputta, Mawlamyinegyun, Kyaiklat, Phyarpon and Bogalay, and the biggest city of Yangon and sustaining the heaviest ever casualties and infrastructure damage.

According to a death toll released up to Friday evening, a total of 23,335 people have lost their lives in the cyclone storm with altogether 37,019 people remained missing and 1,403 others injured.

Source: Xinhua