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15 dead as monsoon floods inundate cities, villages in Bangladesh

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August 24, 2024

MONSOON rainfall-triggered floods in deltaic Bangladesh and upstream Indian regions killed at least 15 people and affected more than four million others in this country, posing a huge administrative challenge to the newly installed interim government amid a political transition.

Several rivers are flowing above the danger mark, particularly in north-eastern, eastern and south-eastern Bangladesh inundating many cities and towns apart from several hundred villages killing people, damaging the infrastructures and disrupting communication lines. "At least 15 people have been killed and 4.8 million people in as many as 11 districts have been affected by floods triggered by heavy rains in Bangladesh," state-run news agency Bangla

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