At least 14 people have been killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in southeastern Bangladeshi port city of Chittagong.
Dozens of people were injured and several others are still missing following the landslide.
Officials say most of the victims were sleeping in their mud huts at the bottom of hills when the disaster struck.
Hundreds of people living in tin shacks on the slopes are being moved to safer places.
The death toll could rise as police and fire fighters are still trying to dig people from under tons of mud.
Landslides sweep hillside villages in Chittagong almost every year during the monsoon season. Some 142 millimeters (5.6 inches) of rain had fallen in the city in the past 24 hours.
Last year, landslides killed about 130 people in Chittagong.
Dozens of people were injured and several others are still missing following the landslide.
Officials say most of the victims were sleeping in their mud huts at the bottom of hills when the disaster struck.
Hundreds of people living in tin shacks on the slopes are being moved to safer places.
The death toll could rise as police and fire fighters are still trying to dig people from under tons of mud.
Landslides sweep hillside villages in Chittagong almost every year during the monsoon season. Some 142 millimeters (5.6 inches) of rain had fallen in the city in the past 24 hours.
Last year, landslides killed about 130 people in Chittagong.
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