At least 44 people have lost their lives after days of torrential monsoon rains triggered severe flooding and landslides across southeastern Bangladesh, leaving more than one million people stranded, authorities said on Saturday.
According to the country's Disaster Management Ministry, seven districts—including Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Moulvibazar and Habiganj—have been badly affected. Floodwaters have disrupted daily life, isolated thousands of families and stranded nearly 268,000 households.
Many residents remain trapped in flooded homes without electricity or access to cooking facilities. Families have been surviving on emergency food supplies such as biscuits, flattened rice and puffed rice, while washed-out roads and damaged bridges have slowed relief operations.
Bangladesh's army and navy have deployed boats to deliver food, clean drinking water, medicines and other essential supplies to communities cut off by the flooding.
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Iqbal Hossain said the government is working around the clock to assist affected residents and urged those living in inundated areas to move to nearby emergency shelters.
Earlier this week, heavy rainfall also triggered landslides in Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, killing 16 refugees, including women and children. The camps, which are home to more than one million Rohingya refugees, remain highly vulnerable during the annual monsoon season.
Bangladesh experiences severe flooding almost every year during the monsoon, and experts warn that climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall, making such disasters more destructive.
.jpeg)
.jpeg "Sunayen kofofin aljanna guda takwas 8")
0 Comment about the Post: