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Bangladesh rescuers battle to reach victims
Rescue workers were battling yesterday to reach remote areas of Bangladesh hit by landslides and heavy rains that have killed at least 137 people, with dozens more missing.
Authorities say hundreds of hillside homes were buried by landslides in the southeast of the country as people slept in the early hours of June 13.
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Heavy rains kill at least 46 in Bangladesh
Heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 46 people in southeast Bangladesh, most of them buried under landslides, authorities said on June 13.
Police warned that the death toll would likely rise as emergency workers reached remote parts of the affected area, where telephone and transport links had been cut.
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