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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. At least 71 people have been killed in mudslides following heavy rain 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. 'So much water'
Rescuers spent Monday frantically digging through rubble looking for survivors in Chittagong, but the body count went up.
By early evening, Chittagong divisional commissioner Mokhlesur Rahman said the number of dead had risen to 71.
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. Shops in the affected areas are closed and officials say some people are stranded in waist-deep water.
"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 earlier in the day, 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 take until Tuesday for rescuers to recover 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.