As more floods batter Bangladesh and India, death toll rises to 30
- Floods in India and Bangladesh have caused the death toll to rise to 30, as reported on Friday by officials and media.
- In Tripura, India, eight additional deaths were recorded, bringing the state total to 19 since Monday, according to a disaster management official.
- BRAC reported that up to 3 million people are stranded due to the floods which have devastated farmland and homes, while 100,000 people have taken refuge in relief camps in Tripura.
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Dozens killed in India and Bangladesh by floods
At least 30 people have died in floods in northeastern India and eastern Bangladesh. The water has also caused a lot of damage. A low-pressure area has caused a lot of rain in the region. In many parts of Bangladesh, the rain has now stopped and the water is starting to recede. However, it will take days before the floods have stopped. In the Indian state of Tripura, eight people have died in the past 24 hours. This brings the death toll in Indi…
13 dead, 4.5 million affected by Bangladesh floods
At least 13 people in Bangladesh have been killed and 4.5 million affected by floods triggered by heavy rains, the disaster management and relief ministry said Friday. The South Asian nation of 170 million people, crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers, has seen frequent floods in recent decades. It is among the countries most vulnerable to disasters and climate change, according to the Global Climate Risk Index. A bulletin from the disaster ministr…
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