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Bangladesh landslide kills at least 14 people
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Posted 18 August 2008 @ 07:34 pm GMT
Rescue workers pull out bodies after a landslide in Chittagong, 242 kilometers (151 miles) from Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. Heavy rains Monday knocked down mud walls and triggered landslides that buried thatched huts in southeastern Bangladesh, killing at least 14 people and injuring seven others, authorities said.
Rescue workers pull out bodies after a landslide in Chittagong, 242 kilometers (151 miles) from Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. Heavy rains Monday knocked down mud walls and triggered landslides that buried thatched huts in southeastern Ban...
Rescue workers rescue a body of a landslide victim at Lalkhan bazar in Chittagong, August 18, 2008. A landslide killed eleven people at Lalkhan Bazar in Chittagong on early Monday, a police official said.(Reuters Photo)
Bangladeshi rescue workers search for survivors after a landslide swept through Chittagong in 2007. At least eleven people were killed in Bangladesh after heavy rains triggered landslides in the southeastern port city of Chittagong. (AFP Photo)
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