The World - News from June 24, 1985
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Flash floods swept across northwestern Bangladesh, killing at least six people and leaving more than 100,000 homeless. About 20,000 people were moved to safety, but more than 100,000 others were waiting to be picked up from rooftops and embankments. The flooding followed a week of torrential rain. It was the country’s second major disaster in a month; in late May, several thousand people were killed by a cyclone and tidal wave from the Bay of Bengal.
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