GENEVA -- A cargo plane chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross carrying 35 tons of aid for victims of a devastating cyclone in Myanmar landed in Yangon early Sunday, the ICRC said.

It said in a communiqué that the medical supplies on board were sufficient to treat some 250 trauma patients and provide three months of basic health care for 10,000 people.

The plane was also carrying sanitation equipment, including a mobile water-treatment plant to provide drinking water for 10,000 people, it said.

The ICRC said that in accordance with a request from the Myanmar authorities the medical supplies would go to several detention facilities that were hit by the cyclone. The water-treatment plant would be immediately deployed in a location to be determined by the Myanmar Red Cross Society.

It added that the ICRC team in Yangon had been working with local Red Cross officials to help restore contact between people separated from their loved ones.

"Clearly our priority is to ensure victims of this terrible disaster access to clean drinking water, shelter, food and health care," said Pierre-Andre Conod, head of the ICRC's delegation in Myanmar. "But you can't underestimate the significance of enabling a family to learn that their child is alive and well."

Cyclone Nargis, which smashed into the rice-growing Irrawaddy Delta region in the country's south on May 3, left 60,000 people dead or missing, according to an official toll.