Bangladesh relocates refugees after landslide kills at least 5 children
Authorities in Bangladesh are relocating Rohingya refugees from hazardous areas following recent landslides that killed at least 13 people. On Wednesday, monsoon rains caused a landslide that swept through an Islamic school in Cox's Bazar, killing at least five children and other women.
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36 refugees died and at least 86 were injured in similar landslides between 2021 and 2026.
My parents and younger brother were killed when their shelter was buried while they were asleep.
Thirty-six refugees died in similar landslides between 2021 and 2026, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency.
Some of the deceased children were aged seven, eight, 11, or 12 years old.
A teacher described the scene from the landslide as chaotic.
Landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains killed at least eight Rohingya refugees, including five children.
A Bangladeshi man was killed after a hillside collapsed on his house.
Eight people, including seven students and a teacher, were killed when a landslide hit a girls' school in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
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