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 DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Monsoon floods ravaging Bangladesh for more than a week have displaced or marooned at least 5 million people and left 40 others dead, officials said Wednesday. Some families were stranded on the roofs of their houses.
More than a third of Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation of 145 million people, has been inundated by floods, the Food and Disaster Management Ministry said.
The ministry did not specify the number of flood-related deaths, but relief officials said at least 40 people died in the past week. Many of the dead were children who drowned, relief officials said on condition of anonymity, as they were not allowed to speak to the media.
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