Heavy monsoon rains triggered a landslide in eastern Bangladesh that killed at least eight Rohingya refugees, including five children.

Heavy monsoon rains triggered a landslide in eastern Bangladesh that killed at least eight Rohingya refugees, including five children. The incident occurred in the Cox's Bazar district, where over a million Rohingya refugees live in camps after fleeing neighboring Myanmar. Rescue teams recovered seven bodies, while an eighth body was found by refugees after several hills collapsed from late Sunday to Monday morning. According to fire service and civil defense officials, the landslide affected at least four locations across the camps, burying shelters under mud and debris while residents were asleep. Authorities said they were relocating the refugees from at-risk hill areas, and some 1,000 people have already been relocated. The weather office in the capital, Dhaka, has forecast more rain in the coming days. The UNHCR reports that between 2021 and 2026, 36 refugees died and at least 86 were injured in similar landslides at refugee camps. Bangladesh has been hosting over a million Rohingya refugees who fled neighboring Myanmar.