Dhaka, Bangladesh: Heavy rainfall days have thrown Rohingya refugee camps in South Bangladesh, destroying their residence and sending thousands of people to stay with a large family or in a communal shelter.
In just 24 hours to Wednesday only, more than 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) rain fell in camps in the Bazar Cox district of more than 800,000 Rohingya, said the UN refugee body.
It was almost half the average July rainfall in one day while more heavy rain expected in the next few days and the rainy season stretched over the next three months.
“This situation further was compounded by Covid-19 pandemic.
At present there is a strict national locking in responding to the increasing cases throughout the country,” said the body.
Agency said it was sad about the deaths of six people in the camps earlier this week, five in landslides caused by rain and children were swept away by the flood.
Citing the initial report, the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees said more than 12,000 refugees were influenced by heavy rainfall while the estimated 2,500 shelters had been damaged or destroyed.
More than 5,000 temporary refugees were transferred to other family member shelters or communal facilities, said agency in a statement.
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Leaving thousands of Rohingya refugees, the homeless people had previously been heavy rain daily shows thousands of Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh South Underwater.
(Credit: AP) Rohingya children play in Floodwaters in Rohingya refugee camps in Kutupalong, Bangladesh.
(Credit: AP) The work of Rohingya refugees in the middle of the debris of the house in the Balukhali camp.
(Credit: AFP) Rohingya Refuges Fish in Floodwaters After heavy rains in Rohingya refugee camps.
(Credit: AP) A Rohingya Refugee running through flood water after heavy rains in Rohingya refugee camps in Kutupautong, Bangladesh.
(Credit: AP) Rohingya refugees tried to pour flood water from their homes in Rohingya refugee camps.
(Credit: AP) The audience stood when Rohingya’s refugees worked in the middle of the debris of the house in the Balukhali camp damaged after the rainy season.
(Credit: AFP) Boys playing on the flood after heavy rain triggered floods at Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
(Credit: Through Reuters) General scenery from the flood area after heavy rain at Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
(Credit: Through Reuters) Refugees say they are struggling to eat or drink correctly.
“Because of the continued rainfall for the past four days, today my house is full of water,” Khatija said, which has five children.
“We can’t even eat,” Begum said he was worried that his children would sink and die in their sleep.
Cyclones, heavy rain, floods, landslides, and other natural hazards are annual difficulties in camps.
More than 700,000 Rohingya has lived in refugee camps in Bangladesh since August 2017, when the military in Myanmar the majority of Buddhists began a hard crackdown in the Muslim ethnic group after the rebels.
Hand action includes rape, murder and torch thousands of houses, and is called ethnic cleaning by global rights groups and the United Nations.
While Bangladesh and Myanmar seeks to regulate repatriation, Rohingya is too afraid to return home.
The international organization for migration says Bazar Cox Regency, where more than 1 million Rohingya refugees live, is one of the most inclined parts of Bangladesh.
This is a Delta country that runs out by many rivers that experience strong rainfall regularly because of the monsoon climate and its location in Bengal Bay, where warm waters can produce destructive tropical typhoons.