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Dhaka, Aug 19 (EFE), (Camera: Monirul Alam).- At least 226 people have died and over five million affected by severe floods in Bangladesh, authorities said on Wednesday compounding the crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic.Spokesperson at the control room of health emergency operations, Ayesha Akther, told EFE that at least 226 people had died in the country in flood-related incidents since June 30.The central Tangail and Jamalpur districts were among the worst affected in terms of casualties, having reported 37 and 32 deaths respectively until Aug.18.FOOTAGE OF DHAKA.
Dhaka (Bangladesh), Aug 10 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Monirul Alam).- At least 5.4 million people have been affected by the heavy flooding in Bangladesh, which has left at least 41 dead, according to the National Disaster Response Coordination Center.FOOTAGE OF FLOODS IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
Crowds of people gather outside the scene of a deadly fire which blazed through a seven-storey building in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka late Thursday, leaving at least 44 people dead. IMAGES
Nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, are stranded on a beach in western Indonesia, with local authorities saying they will not accept the new arrivals. The refugees arrived by boat at 3:00 am local time on Sunday (2000 GMT Saturday), the latest in what has been the largest influx of the persecuted Myanmar minority since 2015. IMAGES
More than 200 Rohingya refugees are huddled on the beaches of a remote Indonesian island after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected locals' efforts to push the members of the persecuted Myanmar minority back to sea. IMAGES
A group of around 200 Rohingya refugees huddle on the beaches of a remote Indonesian island, cordoned off by yellow tape meant to stop them running away, after weeks adrift on a wooden boat. IMAGES