May 12, 2008 US relief arrives in Myanmar Play video

(NECN) - The first US cyclone relief airlift has arrived in Myanmar.

A military cargo plane carrying mosquito nets, blankets and water landed on Monday morning in Yangon.

Two more air shipments are scheduled to land Tuesday in the country formerly known as Burma.

Myanmar's military rulers have consistently slowed UN relief efforts.

The official death toll from last weekends cyclone is now approaching 30,000 people, though many fear it's more than 100,000.