Deadly landslides, flooding hit Rohingya camps in Bangladesh

Thousands of refugees relocated after monsoon rains trigger landslides and flash floods in the camps in Cox’s Bazar.

At least six Rohingya died on Tuesday and thousands have been relocated in refugee camps in Bangladesh’s southeast after monsoon rains triggered landslides and flash floods in the hilly settlements, officials said. Five Rohingya, including three children, were buried and killed after part of a hill crushed their bamboo-and-tarpaulin shanties in Balukhali camp, refugee commissioner Shah Rezwan Hayat said. “Days of heavy rains caused the landslides,” he told AFP news agency.