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New Delhi, India, and Cumilla, Bangladesh CNN . . Rescuers are scrambling to evacuate flooded communities after heavy rains inundated parts of Bangladesh and northeast India, causing rivers on both sides of the border to reach extreme levels.. ..
More than 300,000 people in southeastern Bangladesh have been impacted by the flooding, which has plunged hundreds of homes underwater, leaving residents stranded on rooftops, a local official told CNN on Thursday.. ..
At least 11 people have died in the Indian state of Tripura and two people have died in Bangladesh, according to official data on Thursday..
Parts of Indias northeast border state of Tripura and districts in eastern Bangladesh have recorded heavy rainfall of up to nearly 200 millimeters (about 8inches)in recent days, which has caused perilous floodwaters to rise.. ..
We dont expect people to be able to return home anytime soon, she said, adding the rain is easing but water levels can only recede after the rainfall stops.. . Kazi Piash, a 24-year-old Feni resident, said he took shelter on his rooftopafter the floods came up to his neck.. . Weve constructed a makeshift tent on the roof with tarpaulin but theres about 40 of us on the roofs of two one-story homes, Piash said, adding the group included his pregnant sister-in-law.. ..
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