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Rains trigger landslides, killing 65 in Bangladesh (1st Lead)

Jun 11, 2007, 11:55 GMT

Dhaka - Landslides triggered by torrential rains Monday killed at least 65 people in the southern Bangladesh port city of Chittagong, officials said.

A series of dangerous mudslides occurred in different parts of the port city with low-height hills dotting the landscape of the country's business capital.

Heavy downpours disrupted life and economic activities, divisional commissioner Mukhlesur Rahman said.

'Many shanty homes located at the foothills have been buried under piles of mud and gravel,' said Rahman, who is coordinating the rescue operation.

Witnesses in the port city, 265 kilometres south of the capital Dhaka, said most of the deaths were caused by heavy stones hitting the fragile dwellings.

Rescuers feared many were trapped in the debris but the driving rain was slowing down the efforts to find them.

The early monsoon rains also set off flash floods in Chittagong and in several other districts in the north-east of the country, making several thousand people homeless.

© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur


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hugepeterJun 11th, 2007 - 13:40:23

It's really bad but be carefull from the next time. If you want to get low rate american express credit cards just search for credit-card-gallery.com on google..

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Landslides are very dangerous indeed. If you blog or have a webpage, include the latest news directly on your page.. just search for widgetmate on google..

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