More than 60 killed, hundreds of thousands displaced by flooding in Bangladesh


Houses are seen flooded in Jamalpur, Bangladesh, July 22, 2019. Picture taken July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

DHAKA (Reuters) - Severe flooding has killed at least 61 people, displaced nearly 800,000 and inundated thousands of homes across a third of Bangladesh, government officials said on Tuesday, after two weeks of heavy monsoon rains.

Nearly 3 million people are struggling with flooding, the worst in two years, according to the disaster management and relief ministry.

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