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SL Weather calamity: Death toll rises to 180.

Sri Lanka Flood & Mudslide

Source: SLAF Media

The number of deaths reported in floods and landslides was increased to 180 while 110 people had gone missing, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said yesterday (29/05).

In its latest situation report, the DMC said the adverse weather condition had left 109 people injured. In total, 588,082 people of 153,303 families had been affected by the weather calamity.

The South-West monsoon unleashed torrential rains, which ravaged fourteen districts in the western and southern parts of the country on Friday and Thursday.

The disaster is described as one of the worst-ever calamities since the 2003 floods


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By Madhura Seneviratne

Source: Daily News



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