DHAKA: Owing to the monsoon floods and landslides, 300,000 people in villages across southeast Bangladesh have been cut off, and at least 20 people have been killed including six Rohingya refugees, said officials.
Rohingya refugees living in camps have been battered by torrential rain since Monday. The officials informed, “The floods have stranded some 306,000 people in Cox’s Bazar district. At least 70 villages have been submerged by floods,” Mamunur Rashid, the district administrator, told AFP. He added, “At least 20 people have died in floods and landslides including six Rohingya refugees.” Also, about 36,000 people have been moved into schools and cyclone shelters, they added.
Bangladesh evacuated 10,000 Rohingyas from around refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar because of the storms earlier this week.
As per aid workers, Covid lockdown in the camps, following a major spike in cases, has affected rescue work as access is restricted.
