ENVIRONMENT PHOTOS WEEKLY: Asia Floods, NYC Storm, More

ENVIRONMENT PHOTOS WEEKLY: Asia Floods, NYC Storm, More
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Chittagong, Bangladesh, August 18, 2008—Bangladeshi rescue workers retrieve the body of a landslide victim at the Lalkhan Bazar area near Chittagong.

At least 11 people were killed after heavy rains triggered landslides in the southeastern port city, police said.

In June of last year, Chittagong saw its heaviest rainfall in a quarter of a century, and more than a hundred people were killed in the flooding.

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