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Bangladesh girls killed as floods maroon 70,000 DHAKA, Monday (Reuters) Two schoolgirls drowned, 20 fishermen were missing presumed dead and nearly 70,000 villagers were marooned on Monday as monsoon rains battered southeastern Bangladesh for a third day, officials said. The girls were swept away when trying to cross a hilly pass in Cox's Bazar, 400 km (250 miles) southeast of the capital Dhaka. Flooding has killed five people in the area in three days. Twenty fishermen have been missing since Saturday when four boats capsized in a storm in the Bay of Bengal, officials in Cox's Bazar said. Officials said 60,000 people on Hatiya island, 15 km offshore, were marooned by floods. The high tide during the monsoon stops the rain water draining out to sea. About 10,000 people were marooned at Dhunat in Bogra district, 230 km (144 miles) north of Dhaka after the Jamuna river breached a flood protection embankment, an administrative official said. |
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