Hundreds of thousands stranded as floods hit India and Bangladesh
Several deaths reported as floods caused by torrential rains sweep India’s northeast and neighbouring Bangladesh’s east.
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Several deaths reported as floods caused by torrential rains sweep India’s northeast and neighbouring Bangladesh’s east.
Floods in Bangladesh have killed at least 13 people and affected millions of others in the country’s northeast, adding to the challenges of an interim government struggling to return order to a country plunged into anarchy after mass protests forced out its autocratic leader.
GUWAHATI/DHAKA — Soldiers in lifeboats ferried people to safety on Aug 23 in India's north-eastern state of Tripura after heavy rain triggered floods and landslides, forcing more than 65,000 people from their homes and killing 23, the authorities said.
However, fact-checkers said that most accounts of attacks on the minority community were either exaggerated or false. Experts warned that such misinformation could be aimed at fuelling Islamophobia within India and undermining Bangladesh’s interim government.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Floods wreaked more havoc in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, raising this week’s total death toll to 30, officials and media reports said Friday.
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