Jaipurhat, Gaibandha, Kurigram and Sirajganj districts, Bangladesh
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2004-10-15
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Reuters AlertNet
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At least 10 people have been killed and thousands made homeless by flooding in northwest Bangladesh over the past week, officials said on Friday. "At least seven districts have been affected by a fresh wave of floods following heavy rains," said a disaster management official in Jaipurhat, about 300 km (190 miles) from Dhaka.