Eleven killed in Bangladesh landslide
Eleven killed in Bangladesh landslide
At least 11 people have been killed in Bangladesh after heavy rains triggered landslides in the south-eastern port city of Chittagong, police said. Local police chief Abu Zafar Mohammad Faruq said the victims died while sleeping in flimsy homes at the bottom of hills, and that several people were still missing following the landslide.
So far we have recovered 10 bodies and rescued three people. One of those died in hospital, Mr Faruq said. Heavy monsoon rains over the past two days triggered the landslides, he said, adding that hundreds of people living in tin shacks on the slopes had already been moved to safer places.
Mr Faruq said 142 millimetres of rain had fallen in the city in the past 24 hours. In June last year, landslides triggered by the heaviest rain in Chittagong in recent years killed at least 130 people.
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At least 11 people have been killed in Bangladesh after heavy rains triggered landslides in the south-eastern port city of Chittagong, police said. Local police chief Abu Zafar Mohammad Faruq said the victims died while sleeping in flimsy homes at the bottom of hills, and that several people were still missing following the landslide.
So far we have recovered 10 bodies and rescued three people. One of those died in hospital, Mr Faruq said. Heavy monsoon rains over the past two days triggered the landslides, he said, adding that hundreds of people living in tin shacks on the slopes had already been moved to safer places.
Mr Faruq said 142 millimetres of rain had fallen in the city in the past 24 hours. In June last year, landslides triggered by the heaviest rain in Chittagong in recent years killed at least 130 people.
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India floods leave 14 dead
FOURTEEN people have died in monsoon floods in India's northern state of Punjab as a major river overflowed after heavy rains, officials said today.
At least 125 villages in the state were underwater, with thousands of people left homeless and several thousand hectares of rice crop destroyed, Punjab Irrigation Minister Janmeja Singh Shekon said.
Some of the dead were washed away after the Sutlej river broke its banks, while others were electrocuted.
Shekon said aid was yet to reach hundreds of people stranded on rooftops.
The Indian army has been called in to assist in relief operations and help evacuate those in danger, he said.
Monsoon rains have disrupted rail and road travel with some highways under several feet of water, a transport ministry official said.
Communication links have also been severed due to the heavy rains.
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FOURTEEN people have died in monsoon floods in India's northern state of Punjab as a major river overflowed after heavy rains, officials said today.
At least 125 villages in the state were underwater, with thousands of people left homeless and several thousand hectares of rice crop destroyed, Punjab Irrigation Minister Janmeja Singh Shekon said.
Some of the dead were washed away after the Sutlej river broke its banks, while others were electrocuted.
Shekon said aid was yet to reach hundreds of people stranded on rooftops.
The Indian army has been called in to assist in relief operations and help evacuate those in danger, he said.
Monsoon rains have disrupted rail and road travel with some highways under several feet of water, a transport ministry official said.
Communication links have also been severed due to the heavy rains.
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