In brief
A mud slide hit a girls’ school in the Bangladeshi town of Cox's Bazar amid heavy monsoon floods, killing eight people. Rescue teams pulled survivors out of the mud, with more fallout expected as rainfall continues. The event highlights the vulnerability of the world’s largest Rohingya refugee settlement, where conditions and steep slopes amplify disaster risks. Authorities have warned of further landslides and urged evacuations.
Eight people were killed when a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains buried a girls’ school inside the world’s largest Rohingya refugee settlement in Bangladesh’s coast town of Cox's Bazar.
A mud‑filled debris wall collapsed on the school’s church‑style building, trapping seven students and a teacher. Rescuers later pulled 13 people from the mud, eight of whom did not survive; the other five children were taken to a hospital for treatment.
The incident is part of a spate of deadly landslides reported in the area since Sunday, when a week of heavy rain started sweeping the region. Local officials have said more rain is forecast for the coming days, and they are warning of further landslides and floods, carrying out evacuations in high‑risk neighborhoods.
Large crowds gathered at the site to pull out students who had become submerged. The site shows the heavy damage caused by the mud avalanche.
The landslot event comes after the 2017 crackdown in Myanmar forced an estimated 700,000 Rohingya refugees to flee into Bangladesh, where many suffer from poor living conditions in makeshift tarpaulin shelters on steep hillsides. The UN and local authorities have called for rapid humanitarian support as the monsoon season continues.
