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Floodwaters eddy down to centre recede from north



July 27, 2004 : Floodwaters continued to roll down to the centre of Bangladesh, swamping much of the capital and pushing the official death toll to 329 as river waters started receding from northern and northeastern districts. Diarrhoea and other waterborne diseases and starvation loomed large for the flood-hit people in 41 districts, where the flooding turned catastrophic destroying crops on hundreds of acres, overflowing roads, railroads and flood control dams.


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