DHAKA: Poisonous snakes, cholera and landslides brought more deaths among the seven million people affected by flooding in South Asia, bringing the toll from six weeks of monsoon rains to 297, relief and government officials said yesterday.
Bangladesh, where 2.5 million people are marooned by overflowing rivers, has suffered the most, with 154 dead, the officials said.
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