Heavy rains in Bangladesh – at least 50 dead

 

TT-AFP

 

Published 18:09

  

Rescue teams work during heavy rains in Bangladesh, July 8. Photo: Shamimul Islam Faisal /AP/TT

Heavy rains and landslides in Bangladesh have claimed at least 50 lives and left thousands homeless in the past week, local authorities say.

The seasonal monsoon rains in South and Southeast Asia have hit the Chittagong region in the southeastern part of Bangladesh hard.

More than 50 people have died and 35,000 people have been forced to seek shelter as a result of the extreme weather conditions. At the same time, authorities are warning of a shortage of food and drinking water.

Sarder Udoy Raihan, at the Center for Flood Forecasting and Warning, tells the AFP news agency that the northeastern and northern parts of Bangladesh are also at risk of heavy rains and flooding.