- Heavy monsoon rains have caused widespread flooding and landslides across southeastern Bangladesh, resulting in 51 deaths and leaving over a million people marooned.
- Seven districts, including Chattogram and Cox's Bazar, have been severely affected, with the capital Dhaka recording its highest rainfall in a 24-hour period.
- Cox's Bazar, which hosts over a million Rohingya refugees, has reported 28 fatalities, with authorities having previously relocated residents from high-risk areas.
- The Bangladeshi government has mobilised disaster response teams, distributing relief, safe drinking water, and medical supplies, and deploying army and navy personnel for aid delivery.
- Rescue and relief efforts are being hindered by power outages, damaged roads, and broken communication links, with climate change cited as a factor in the increasing intensity of such extreme weather events.
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At least 51 dead and more than million affected as floods hit Bangladesh
