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The Cool Down

Three million people stranded as major storm inundates country: 'I haven't seen so much water in the last 20 years'

The Cool Down
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78% Informative

At least two people were killed and almost 3 million left stranded after fierce flooding from monsoon rains in Bangladesh .

The flooding submerged nearly 770,000 acres of land, destroying over 4,000 miles of roads and over 1,000 bridges.

A study from the United Nations Development Programme says climate change quadruples flood-causing extreme monsoon rainfall in Bangladesh and northeast India .

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76

Informative language

74

Neutral language

8

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

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short-lived

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