Dhaka: At least 13 people have been killed in Bangladesh and India due to heavy rains and landslides, officials and UN agencies said Tuesday. At the site of a tunnel project in the southern Indian state of Kerala, at least three people were killed and five others were reported missing following a landslide, according to officials.

According to Anadolu Agency, rescue and relief operations in Wayanad are currently underway, with Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan sharing updates on US social media platform X. In a related incident, 10 people have died in Rohingya camps in southeastern Bangladesh since July 4 due to heavy rains and landslides, as reported by the UNHCR in an update on the Rohingya refugee response.

The UNHCR update also noted that ten more individuals were injured, and 3,182 others were temporarily displaced due to the incidents, which partially damaged 1,614 shelters and completely destroyed 10 others. Humanitarian partners have been advised to maintain heightened preparedness, as heavy to very heavy rainfall is forecasted to continue over the next 48 hours.

More than 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims, who have been persecuted, are living primarily in makeshift camps in Cox's Bazar after fleeing a military crackdown in Myanmar in August 2017.