Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-25 19:09:56|Editor: Xiang Bo

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DHAKA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Landslide-related casualties continued unabated in southeastern Bangladesh, with fresh reports of injuries and deaths on Tuesday.

Five more people were killed in rain-triggered fresh landslides and wall collapse in southeastern Bangladesh.

Two siblings are reported to have been killed in a landslide in hilly district of Cox's Bazar, some 292 km southeast of Dhaka.

They were buried alive in the district's Ramu area when a big chunk of earth fell on their house, Abdul Malek, deputy assistant director of Cox's Bazar Fire Service and Civil Defence, told journalists.

He said their parents were injured and rushed to Cox's Bazar's Sadar Hospital.

Malek said two more people have been killed in another landslide in the district when huge chunks of mud collapsed on their house early Tuesday.

Two others were also injured in the landslide, he said.

An elderly woman was also reportedly killed in wall collapse in the district Monday evening.

Landslides have been occurring in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, combining three hilly districts of Bangladesh including Cox's Bazar since June.

At least five people of the same family were killed and another went missing after a rain-triggered landslide struck their house in Bangladesh's southeastern Chittagong hill region on July 21.

The fresh incidents were reported as the wounds of last months' massive landslides are yet to heal.

Officials say incidences of Landslides continue to strike unabated as people continue to live in dangerous conditions due to lack of relief and rehabilitation policies.

At least 153 people were reported to have been killed and hundreds of others injured in the landslides that devastated places in five districts in Chittagong Hill Tracts in southeastern Bangladesh on June 11 night. The victims included four members of the Army, two of whom were officers.

Landslides are frequent in Bangladesh's hilly areas during the heavy monsoon that usually runs from June to September as land has been heavily deforested to grow crops and build new houses.

In June 2007, some 123 people were killed in a devastating landslide in Bangladesh's southeastern Chittagong district, some 242 km away of Dhaka.

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after unusually heavy rain triggered a string of mudslides since June.

Despite repeated warnings and notices, officials say many families still continued to live in dangerous conditions at the foot of hills in the region.

Possibility of further landslide in the already affected areas cannot be ruled out as the hilly districts are likely to get more rain in the coming days.

The country's meteorological office said it recorded 223 mm rainfall in the Chittagong hill region in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning.

The rain throughout Bangladesh influenced by a low and peak monsoon will persist Tuesday before showing signs of improvement from Wednesday.

The climate is particularly rough in the coastal areas down south as a trough of the monsoon axis extends till the northern Bay of Bengal.

Overnight rains caused by the low pressure system in the Bay of Bengal have flooded some low-lying parts of Chittagong city, some 242 km southeast of capital Dhaka.

People in the Chittagong region where seasonal monsoon often causes floods and mudslides on Monday reportedly saw the highest Bay of Bengal tide this year.