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In Pictures: At Least 156 Killed In Bangladesh Landslides and Flooding

High population density and it's low-lying landscape make Bangladesh highly vulnerable.
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A woman cries following landslides triggered by heavy rain in Khagrachari, Bangladesh, in this still frame taken from video June 13, 2017.
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At least 156 people have died in Bangladesh and northeast India after heavy rains over the past few days triggered landslides and floods, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

The death toll included four soldiers killed by a landslide while part of a rescue operation in Rangamati, said Reaz Agmed, head of Bangladesh's department of disaster management, told Reuters. Many people are still missing and the death toll is expected to increase as the search for bodies continues, he said.

Devastation Following Flooding And Mudslides in Bangladesh
Flood half-submerges town(01 of09)
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An aerial view showing the town half-submerged in floodwaters following landslides triggered by heavy rain in Khagrachari, Bangladesh, in this still frame taken from video June 13, 2017. (credit:Reuters TV / Reuters)
Firefighters search for bodies(02 of09)
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Bangladeshi firefighters search for bodies after a landslide in Rangamati on June 13, 2017. Heavy monsoon rains and landslides have killed at least 134 people in southeast Bangladesh, burying many in their homes as they slept, authorities said. (credit:STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Extensive flooding(03 of09)
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People walk in floodwaters on June 13, 2017, following landslides triggered by heavy rain in Khagrachari, Bangladesh. (credit:Reuters TV / Reuters)
147 people so far have died(04 of09)
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A woman cries following landslides triggered by heavy rain in Khagrachari, Bangladesh, in this still frame taken from video June 13, 2017. (credit:Reuters TV / Reuters)
Houses buried under mud(05 of09)
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This general view shows dwellings under mud after a landslide in Rangamati on June 13, 2017. (credit:STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Efforts to retrieve bodies of mudslide victims underway(06 of09)
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Rescue workers try to retrieve bodies of mudslide victims from a hill area in Chittagong June 13, 2007. Bangladesh rescuers were digging on Wednesday for more victims of a series of rain-trigged landslide. (credit:REUTERS/Saidul Islam )
Firefighters and volunteers search for bodies in Rangamati(07 of09)
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Bangladeshi firefighters and volunteers are watched by bystanders as they search for bodies after a landslide in Rangamati on June 13, 2017. (credit:STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Heavy Monsoon Flooding on June 12(08 of09)
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Heavy monsoon downpour caused extreme water log in most areas of the city on June 12, 2017 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rains dumped by the land depression across Bangladesh have flooded streets and led to huge traffic congestion in cities. A dangerous cocktail of extreme weather, rising sea levels and storm surges is set to expose more than a billion people - about a seventh of the world's population, which is just over 7 billion - to coastal flooding by 2060, the report, 'Act Now Or Pay Later: Protecting a billion people in climate-threatened coastal cities', said. (credit:Zakir Chowdhury / Barcroft Images)
Severe damage caused by monsoon rains(09 of09)
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A heavy monsoon rain caused severe damage to the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) dam areas on June 13, 2017.Thousands of people living inside the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) dam areas do not see an easy way out of the water-logging that makes their life unbearable in monsoon. Many roads, fields and other open spaces in the area went under ankle to waist-deep water like the past because of the downpour, causing immense sufferings to the residents of the area. (credit:Mehedi Hasan/NurPhoto/Getty)
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