Floods recede in Bangladesh

Floods recede in Bangladesh

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AFP): Flood waters began to recede on
Thursday after early monsoon rains wreaked havoc here, stranding
40,000 people and leaving a school headmaster dead, residents
said.

There was no immediate police confirmation that the 48-year-
old teacher had died late Wednesday in this southeastern port
city.

He allegedly died when a small boat he and another teacher
were using to cross a flooded road sank in Hathazari subdistrict,
40 kilometers south of here. The survivor later reported the
death to the victim's family, residents said.

Several clay homes in the hills also collapsed during three
days of nonstop rains, but there were no immediate reports of
casualties, officials said earlier.