In brief
An intense monsoon storm triggered a deadly landslide that swallowed a girls’ school in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, taking eight lives, including a teacher and seven students. Rescue teams recovered 13 survivors from the mud, but only five were transported to hospitals. The disaster comes amid a series of recent landslides in the area, with officials warning of further risks as heavy rain persists.
A powerful monsoon storm unleashed a landslide that buried a girls’ school in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camp on Wednesday afternoon, killing seven students and their teacher.
Rescue crews dragged 13 people from the mud‑filled hut; eight sadly died, while five children were taken to hospitals for further treatment.
Officials say the landslide was part of a series of deadly incidents triggered by the heavy rains that began Sunday. The government has warned that more rain is expected, heightening the risk of additional landslides and floods in the steep hillsides that house thousands of Rohingya refugees.
These refugees, who fled a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar in 2017, now live in makeshift tarpaulin shelters. The Cox’s Bazar camp is the world’s largest refugee settlement, and the recent tragedy underscores the vulnerability of its residents to nature’s fury.
