At least 13 people were killed in Chittagong city and Banshkhali area in hill-slide on Tuesday due to heavy torrential rains while wall collapse and electrocution killed five more.
Relentless downpour over the past few days forced suspension of flight operations in the afternoon, and snapped rail communication with the rest of the country in the evening. Rough weather also disrupted unloading of goods at the premier port.
Weather office said until 9pm on Tuesday, 462.5 milimetres of rainfall was recorded in Chittagong, submerging almost two-thirds of the port city. Buses and cars were not operating on some roads.
The water started tracing back after around 9pm.
The Hillside
At least eight people died at two places in Khulshi, two at North Pahartoli and three more in Banshkhali area. Apart from them, two others died at the city's Ambagan and Haathazari upazila due to wall collapse.
A hillslide at Yasin Colony in Khulshi area had buried 20 houses in Chittagong. The hill is locally known as Kabarasthhan (Graveyard).
Chittagong Fire Service's Deputy Assistant Director Jasim Uddin confirmed that the landslide happened at 7:30pm on Tuesday at Akbar Shah in Khulshi burying the houses in the neighbourhood Yasin Colony.
Bodies of Shanu, 16, son of Abu Taiyab, 12-year-old Urmi, a woman named Hosna Banu and that of three others including a child were rescued late into the night. Residents believed several others could be buried under the mud but the rescuers could not be specific until the end of their operation for the day.
Rescue operation had begun immediately while troops joined police and fire service later, Jasim Uddin added. Chittagong City Mayor M Manjur Alam, Divisional Commissioner Sirajul Islam Khan and Deputy Commissioner were overseeing the rescue operation.
Rescue operation resumed on Wednesday morning.
As many as 127 people were killed in different incidents of landslide in the port city in only one month, June 2007.
The deceased in Khulshi landslide near Joyontika residential area were identified as Rabeya Begum, 60, Abdul Khaleque, 65, Ramzan Ali, 28, Kulsum Akter, 8, and Masum, 2.
A Fire Service rescuer Zahirul Islam told bdnews24.com that there were four houses at the foot of the hill. All of the residents were buried alive when the hill collapsed.
Several landslides were also reported in other parts of the hilly city as downpour continued for hours since Tuesday morning. One of the reported landslides took place near Sugandha Ekushey Hospital and the other other at Lalkhan Bazar, injuring two.
The district administration has been suggesting people living by the hillside to take shelter in safer places until the weather conditions improve. About 50 families living by hillsides of Biswacolony and Batali Hills were shifted until Tuesday afternoon.
The district administration also dismantled 20 houses.
Assistant Director of the Department of Environment Golam Mohammad Bhuiyan said families living by the hillsides in the city would be evicted gradually.
Banshkhali Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Shahjahan Khan said three brothers died in a landslide at Jangal Shilkup in Banshkhali.
The dead are Shahidul, 12, Khorshed, 8, and Fatema, 4, all children of Md Minhazur. Locals pulled out their bodies.
Wall collapse
A child, Abul Hossain, 8, died when a wall collapsed on him at Dakkhin Ambagan on Tuesday evening.
A Chittagong Medical College Hospital police outpost constable, Mohammad Sumon Miah, told bdnews24.com that doctors declared the child dead when he was brought to the hospital.
According to Fire Service officials, boundary wall of another house collapsed at OR Nizam Road.
Hathajari Police Station Officer-in-Charge Liakot Ali said a 15-year old girl named Annie died when a wall collapsed at Khondokia Hajiparha in the afternoon.
Electrocution
Three people were electrocuted in Chandgaon residential area and at Akmal Ali Road under Bandar Police Station in the city on Tuesday.
Nurul Islam was electrocuted in his own house on Road No. 12 of Chandgaon residential area at 4pm.
Two more unidentified people were electrocuted at Akmal Ali Road under the same police station.
Officer-in-Charge of Bandar Police Station Nurul Afsar Bhuiyan told bdnews24.com that the duo died at the local Navy Hospital on being rushed there.
Cautionary Signal No. 3
The Patenga Met office has asked Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and Mongla sea ports to display cautionary signal No. 3.
There is disparity in the air pressure at the North Bay of Bengl due to the active state of the monsoon wind, it said. There are chances of stormy winds blowing over the North Bay, adjacent areas and the sea ports.
Fishing boats and trawlers in those areas have been asked to remain close to the coast until further orders.
Relentless downpour over the past few days forced suspension of flight operations in the afternoon, and snapped rail communication with the rest of the country in the evening. Rough weather also disrupted unloading of goods at the premier port.
Weather office said until 9pm on Tuesday, 462.5 milimetres of rainfall was recorded in Chittagong, submerging almost two-thirds of the port city. Buses and cars were not operating on some roads.
The water started tracing back after around 9pm.
The Hillside
At least eight people died at two places in Khulshi, two at North Pahartoli and three more in Banshkhali area. Apart from them, two others died at the city's Ambagan and Haathazari upazila due to wall collapse.
A hillslide at Yasin Colony in Khulshi area had buried 20 houses in Chittagong. The hill is locally known as Kabarasthhan (Graveyard).
Chittagong Fire Service's Deputy Assistant Director Jasim Uddin confirmed that the landslide happened at 7:30pm on Tuesday at Akbar Shah in Khulshi burying the houses in the neighbourhood Yasin Colony.
Bodies of Shanu, 16, son of Abu Taiyab, 12-year-old Urmi, a woman named Hosna Banu and that of three others including a child were rescued late into the night. Residents believed several others could be buried under the mud but the rescuers could not be specific until the end of their operation for the day.
Rescue operation had begun immediately while troops joined police and fire service later, Jasim Uddin added. Chittagong City Mayor M Manjur Alam, Divisional Commissioner Sirajul Islam Khan and Deputy Commissioner were overseeing the rescue operation.
Rescue operation resumed on Wednesday morning.
As many as 127 people were killed in different incidents of landslide in the port city in only one month, June 2007.
The deceased in Khulshi landslide near Joyontika residential area were identified as Rabeya Begum, 60, Abdul Khaleque, 65, Ramzan Ali, 28, Kulsum Akter, 8, and Masum, 2.
A Fire Service rescuer Zahirul Islam told bdnews24.com that there were four houses at the foot of the hill. All of the residents were buried alive when the hill collapsed.
Several landslides were also reported in other parts of the hilly city as downpour continued for hours since Tuesday morning. One of the reported landslides took place near Sugandha Ekushey Hospital and the other other at Lalkhan Bazar, injuring two.
The district administration has been suggesting people living by the hillside to take shelter in safer places until the weather conditions improve. About 50 families living by hillsides of Biswacolony and Batali Hills were shifted until Tuesday afternoon.
The district administration also dismantled 20 houses.
Assistant Director of the Department of Environment Golam Mohammad Bhuiyan said families living by the hillsides in the city would be evicted gradually.
Banshkhali Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Shahjahan Khan said three brothers died in a landslide at Jangal Shilkup in Banshkhali.
The dead are Shahidul, 12, Khorshed, 8, and Fatema, 4, all children of Md Minhazur. Locals pulled out their bodies.
Wall collapse
A child, Abul Hossain, 8, died when a wall collapsed on him at Dakkhin Ambagan on Tuesday evening.
A Chittagong Medical College Hospital police outpost constable, Mohammad Sumon Miah, told bdnews24.com that doctors declared the child dead when he was brought to the hospital.
According to Fire Service officials, boundary wall of another house collapsed at OR Nizam Road.
Hathajari Police Station Officer-in-Charge Liakot Ali said a 15-year old girl named Annie died when a wall collapsed at Khondokia Hajiparha in the afternoon.
Electrocution
Three people were electrocuted in Chandgaon residential area and at Akmal Ali Road under Bandar Police Station in the city on Tuesday.
Nurul Islam was electrocuted in his own house on Road No. 12 of Chandgaon residential area at 4pm.
Two more unidentified people were electrocuted at Akmal Ali Road under the same police station.
Officer-in-Charge of Bandar Police Station Nurul Afsar Bhuiyan told bdnews24.com that the duo died at the local Navy Hospital on being rushed there.
Cautionary Signal No. 3
The Patenga Met office has asked Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and Mongla sea ports to display cautionary signal No. 3.
There is disparity in the air pressure at the North Bay of Bengl due to the active state of the monsoon wind, it said. There are chances of stormy winds blowing over the North Bay, adjacent areas and the sea ports.
Fishing boats and trawlers in those areas have been asked to remain close to the coast until further orders.
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