TOFAYEL AHMED
Associated Press Writer
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – Powerful landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 38 people and left seven army soldiers missing in southeastern Bangladesh.
The mudslides struck early Tuesday in two areas in the southern coastal area of Cox’s Bazar – 185 miles (296 kilometers) south of the capital, Dhaka – and many victims were buried alive as they slept, said Giasuddin Ahmed, chief government administrator in the area.
Ahmed said 19 bodies were initially recovered from landslides in Cox’s Bazar.