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The death toll from floods in Bangladesh rose to 71 on Tuesday with millions of people still stranded as concern rises for the outbreak of waterborne diseases, according to local news report.
The floods have wreaked havoc over the past two weeks, causing widespread destruction and affecting around five million people.
More than 580,000 families are still marooned in 11 flood-hit districts, and in urgent need of food, clean water, medicine and dry clothing.
Nearly 500 medical teams were helping to provide treatment, with the army, air force, navy, and the border guards assisting in relief efforts, authorities was quoted as saying.
Authorities are now focusing on preventing the spread of waterborne diseases, a common aftermath of such disasters, and ensuring the availability of clean drinking water.
The Directorate General of Health Services said, "Nearly 5,000 people have been hospitalised over the past 24 hours for cases of diarrhoea, skin infections and snake bites."
Heavy rain in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday swamped many districts, submerging roads in knee-deep to waist-high water, causing massive traffic jams as vehicles struggled through waterlogged streets.
A 2015 analysis by the World Bank Institute estimated that 3.5 million people in the South Asian country were at risk of annual river flooding, which has only increased in recent years due to climate change.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said two million children are at risk from Bangladesh's most severe flooding in three decades.
