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"We don't want to see any more casualties," said one.

“These aren’t water wars. These are wars in which water is being used as a weapon or is a casualty of the conflict,” Gleick said.

Authorities set up a casualty hotline and opened two temporary shelters in nearby community centres for evacuated residents.

Human rights could become the "first casualty" as powerful tech giants unleash generative artificial intelligence on the world, the United Nations said Monday, warning that such systems had "Frankenstein" potential.

Sarker told the BBC: "Our main task at the moment is to assess casualties and damage. We are not yet seeing the challenge of rescue from the rubble or debris management at that level."