The result was there was a cyclone Nargis in Myanmar which resulted in about 65000 deaths and thousands more either injured or displaced.Crude oil prices shot up to the highest level around this date
Following are the other effects of the conjunction :
An earth quake in Siachun, China resulted in blockage of a river which in turn resulted in the formation of a lake threatening habitats leading to evacuation of about 2,00,000 people .
Paleantologists discovered a 380 billion year old fossilised Placoderm fish
An oil pipeline exploded in Nigeria,killing about 100 people. Neptune signifies Oil and Pipeline is signified by Rahu/Ketu
links to the wiki news have been given hereunder:
May 1-2, 2008 tornado outbreak: Tornadoes affecting the south-central United States kill at least seven in Arkansas. (KAIT8)
Cyclone Nargis: Myanmar's State Peace and Development Council declares that five states in the Irrawaddy River delta are a disaster area following the cyclone with at least 351 deaths. (MSNBC)
Media reports the death toll from Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar to have passed 10,000. (BBC News)
Crude oil futures contracts reach US$120 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange for the first time. (Reuters)
The price of crude oil reaches a new record high of US$125.98 a barrel. (BBC News)
A pipeline explosion near Lagos, Nigeria, kills up to 100 people. (Times Online)
Australian paleontologists discover Materpiscis, a 380-million-year-old placoderm fish which is the earliest known animal to bear live young. (BBC News), (ABC News Australia)
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/05/29/2257284.htm?site=science&topic=latest
Authorities in the People's Republic of China are preparing to evacuate more than a million people from Sichuan Province as they prepare to drain Tangjiashan Lake created by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. (ABC News Australia)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/01/2261435.htm
