(May 16, 2008)--State TV in Myanmar says the cyclone death toll has reached almost 78,000 and it says another 56,000 people are still missing.

The storm hit two weeks ago, and the international Red Cross says the toll may be as high as 128,000.

The Red Cross is warning of the rapid spread of disease if clean water doesn't make its way to cyclone victims soon.

The agency says the lack of clean water is "going to be the biggest killer in the post-disaster environment."

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims in the Southeast Asian country need clean water urgently or they'll risk falling victim to diseases such as dysentery.

The Geneva-based group says its partner organization in Myanmar currently lacks the logistical and material capacity to distribute water purification units to survivors.

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