Fresh floods, tornados hit Bangladesh

Heavy monsoon rains triggered new flooding in northern and central Bangladesh, killing a dozen more people, while tornados swept through a f...

Heavy monsoon rains triggered new flooding in northern and central Bangladesh, killing a dozen more people, while tornados swept through a flooded northeastern district, injuring dozens and flattening hundreds of houses, officials and reports said on Sunday.

With the latest deaths reported on Friday and yesterday, the toll since June rose to 105, according to media tallies. The toll could not be officially confirmed.

Floods since the start of monsoon in late June have inundated nearly half of Bangladesh, leaving more than 5 million people marooned.

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Six people were reported drowned in Central Jamalpur district, while six others drowned in northern Kurigram, the Ittefaq newspaper said.

A tornado, meanwhile, lashed four villages in flood-hit Sunamganj district, flattening nearly 250 mud and tin houses and injuring nearly 50 people, a local administrator said.

Another twister hit six villages in the same district yesterday, levelling 300 houses and injuring about 50.

—AP/PTI