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| Mudslides kill many in Bangladesh | Mudslides kill many in Bangladesh |
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| More than 50 people have been killed in mudslides following heavy rains in the port town of Chittagong in Bangladesh, officials say. | More than 50 people have been killed in mudslides following heavy rains in the port town of Chittagong in Bangladesh, officials say. |
| Many others are missing after a hill partially collapsed onto a shanty town. | Many others are missing after a hill partially collapsed onto a shanty town. |
| Scores of injured have been taken to hospital and many bodies are still trapped under rubble, police say. | Scores of injured have been taken to hospital and many bodies are still trapped under rubble, police say. |
| Heavy monsoon rains have paralysed much of Bangladesh since Sunday morning and weather officials say they expect showers to continue for several days. | Heavy monsoon rains have paralysed much of Bangladesh since Sunday morning and weather officials say they expect showers to continue for several days. |
| Shops in the affected areas are closed and officials say some people are stranded in waist-deep water. | Shops in the affected areas are closed and officials say some people are stranded in waist-deep water. |
| Army soldiers and fire-fighters have been called out to help with the rescue operations. | Army soldiers and fire-fighters have been called out to help with the rescue operations. |
| Officials say they expect the death toll in Chittagong to rise. | Officials say they expect the death toll in Chittagong to rise. |
| "These are the worst ever rain-triggered landslides in Chittagong," said fire brigade chief Rashedul Islam, the AFP news agency reports. | "These are the worst ever rain-triggered landslides in Chittagong," said fire brigade chief Rashedul Islam, the AFP news agency reports. |
| "Home after home has been buried in tonnes of mud and we still haven't reached all the affected areas yet." | "Home after home has been buried in tonnes of mud and we still haven't reached all the affected areas yet." |
| He said it might be another 24 hours before rescuers recovered the bodies of all the dead. | He said it might be another 24 hours before rescuers recovered the bodies of all the dead. |
| Many Dhaka residents said the weather was among the worst they could remember. | Many Dhaka residents said the weather was among the worst they could remember. |
| "I have never seen so much water in my life," one 75-year-old man, Mofizur Rahman, told the Associated Press news agency. | "I have never seen so much water in my life," one 75-year-old man, Mofizur Rahman, told the Associated Press news agency. |