Jun 28
Bangladesh Landslides, Floods Destroy 500 Homes, Claim Over 100 Lives (VIDEO)
Posted in: Today's ChiliDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Searchers pulled out 15 bodies Thursday that had buried under mud and debris after landslides and floods caused by monsoon rains in southern Bangladesh, raising the toll to 106 deaths this week.
The landslides occurred mainly in remote villages with poor roads, making rescue work more difficult, and the flooding was disrupting communications. About 500 houses were washed away. More people may be missing, but officials said they don’t know how many. Soldiers joined the search for the missing in three hard-hit districts and found 15 victims Thursday.
At least 41 died in Cox’s Bazar, 41 in neighboring Bandarban and another 24 in Chittagong, mostly in landslides, the Disaster Management Ministry said.
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