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          Flash Floods, Landslides Kill 23 in Southeastern Bangladesh

   by Reuters

   At least 23 people have died in flash floods and landslides triggered
   by heavy rains that lashed southeastern Bangladesh, officials said on
   Sunday.

   Tens of thousands of people were marooned on higher ground as flood
   waters submerged areas around Cox's Bazar and the hilly district of
   Bandarban.

   Local police official Habibur Rahman confirmed the toll to reporters
   after four more bodies were recovered from a river on Sunday.

   Bangladesh - one of the world's most densely populated countries - is
   highly vulnerable to natural disasters, including cyclones, droughts,
   floods and earthquakes.

   India, Bangladesh and China are most at risk from river floods, with an
   increasing number of people threatened because of climate change and
   economic growth in low-lying regions, a study said in March.
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