Saturday, December 1, 2012

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In the Republic of landslides in Bangladesh caused by continuous rain season almost completely destroyed the port city of Chittagong in the southeast district. Dilapidated buildings were torn here literally by huge rocks of a steep hill, crushed under the pressure of the elements. More than 60 people were killed, without having to leave their homes, many were blocked by debris. At least 70 people were taken to hospital with injuries. Picture of the tragedy can only fragmentary reports of the adjacent parts of Chittagong, where rescue workers and soldiers tried to rescue survivors Trap form. So if the collapse of the brick house on a college campus killed a family of five. Moreover, a huge piece of land buried under a shack with several tenants. Later, the teams recovered 11 bodies of research from the rubble. Landslides occurred near the power plant of the city, took six lives. The four, including a young woman with a baby, died when a wall collapsed on them their own homes, precipitation podtochennaya. Another police officer who participated in the rescue efforts, met with a broken high voltage cable and was killed by electrocution. In the disaster area by the troops and firefighters came together to help physicians in the field, the wounded - and they come every hour. Emergency services in the country believe that the death toll will continue to grow, because in some areas until rescuers can not reach easily. He lives in an exclusive neighborhood on a hill, were cut from the rest of the world, as agriculture has blocked all access roads into the valley. Concerned about the traffic Chitagonga many streets in some places the water level reaches to the waist, closed schools, shops and offices. "I've never seen so much water (the streets)," - said a resident called reporters Mofizur Rahman, who has lived in Chitagonge half a century. More than a hundred people are missing. The rain stops, and yet here, fallen on the last day of nearly 250 mm of rain. It should be noted that Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Only in Chittagong are more than 4 million people. Utro.ru

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