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Bangladesh: Flash Flood: 2006/06/02 Country Information on DRR

Period 2006/06/02
Country or District Bangladesh
Event Type Flash Flood
Outline Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed five people, marooned about 100,000, and damaged hundreds of homes in Bangladesh over the last three days, police and officials said on Friday.
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Reuters AlertNet 2006/06/02
The victims died in house collapses and a boat sinking in northern Jamalpur and central Madaripur districts while several hundred houses were damaged in northeastern Sylhet and southeastern Chittagong areas.