Landslides and flashfloods, triggered by torrential monsoon rains, left 11 people dead in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts yesterday.
In Cox’s Bazar, two people Futu, 18 and Amir Hossian, 45, were killed in separate incidents of landslide at Ramu upazila in the morning.
Besides, three people – Sanwara Begum, 12, and Khodeza Begum, 30, of Kacchapia union, and a 60-year-old unidentified man – drowned in floodwater in the upazila.
Meanwhile, two women drowned as a boat carrying them capsized in a canal due to strong current at Gojania.
In Teknaf upazila, a woman and her minor daughter were killed as a tree collapsed on them in Saint Martin’s Island around noon.
Jahangir Alam, district relief and rehabilitation officer of department of disaster management and relief of Cox’s Bazar, confirmed reporters about the deaths.
In Bandarban, two siblings – Alif, 12, son of Abdur Razzak and his sister Meem, 10 – were killed and their parents injured in a landslide at Banarupa Para in Bandarban municipality area early yesterday.
OC of Bandarban Sadar police station Imtiaz Ahmed said the incident took place in the area when a portion of a hill fell and crushed their house at the foot of the hill around 3am.
Firefighters and local people recovered the bodies and rescued two others after frantic efforts. The injured were taken to Sadar Hospital.
