Bangladesh is reeling from a severe monsoon event that has claimed 51 lives and displaced over a million residents.
The floods and landslides have struck the country’s low‑lying plains, including the capital Dhaka, where water has reached knee level in several districts.
Worsening impacts were first reported in Cox’s Bazar, a city that hosts the world’s largest Rohingya refugee settlement. There, more than a quarter of the deaths – 28 – were recorded, after recent floods swept through a school, killing students and a teacher.
Bangladesh’s monsoon season routinely brings heavy rainfall, but climate scientists warn that intensity and frequency have risen in recent years, hiking the risk of catastrophic events.
Govment officials have evacuated thousands of families to shelters and postponed exams for students in high‑risk areas. Traffic in Dhaka is severely hampered by water‑logged streets, and local media are questioning the effectiveness of earlier drain‑clearing measures.
Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre chief Sarder Udoy Raihan told a media briefing that conditions in the southeast should improve soon, though he cautioned that continued rains could still cause further inundation.
Officials confirm that more than 1 million people have been affected to date, underscoring an urgent need for humanitarian relief and robust disaster‑management strategies.
