Floods Claim 11 Lives, Leave 2 Million Stranded
From Times Wire Reports
Floods caused by a month of heavy rain engulfed vast areas in Bangladesh, killing at least 11 people and leaving 2 million marooned on hundreds of islands created by the deluge.
Three of the victims died when mudslides buried their house in the Chittagong area in the south.
Two children were swept into a river near the city of Cox’s Bazar, local officials said.
Much of Bangladesh is made up of the deltas of a series of large rivers, and floods kill hundreds every year.
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