Floods leave thousands homeless in Bangladesh Rohingya camps

Children play in floodwaters at a Rohingya refugee camp (Shafiqur Rahman/AP)

Days of heavy rainfall have left dwellings destroyed in Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, with thousands of people forced to live with extended family or in communal shelters.

Just in the 24 hours to Wednesday alone, more than 30cm of rain fell on the camps in the Cox’s Bazar district hosting more than 800,000 Rohingya, the UN refugee agency said.