US lawmakers on Friday asked President George W. Bush to consider "humanitarian intervention" in cyclone-hit Myanmar after its military rulers refused to allow foreign experts to direct relief efforts despite rising deaths. Forty-three members of the House of Representatives wrote to Bush asking him to "strongly consider" backing efforts by France, Britain, Germany, Denmark and other nations to gain entry into the devastated Irrawaddy Delta region "to provide urgent life-saving humanitarian aid." From both sides of the aisle, the lawmakers asked the US leader to "immediately and urgently" consult other supportive and regional governments as Myanmar's military junta said Friday more than 133,000 people were dead or missing in the cyclone disaster.