Lightning, slides kill 91 in southeast

Mudslides caused by monsoon rains buried shacks and collapsed brick houses in southeastern Bangladesh, killing at least 80 people. An additional 11 died when they were struck by lightning, officials and witnesses said.

The hilly port city of Chittagong was hardest-hit by the heavy rains, officials said. Nearly 8 1/2 inches of rain fell in just three hours early Monday, submerging downtown in about 4 feet of water, the local weather service and witnesses said. At least 67 died in the city, and an additional 13 bodies were found overnight, officials said.

The lightning killed 11 people in the neighboring districts of Cox’s Bazar, Noakhali and Brahmanbaria, the Food and Disaster Management Ministry said.