"Sri Lanka has closed government offices and schools as the death toll from floods and landslides across the country has risen to 56, with more than 600 houses damaged, according to officials. Sri Lanka began grappling with severe weather last week, and the conditions worsened on Thursday with heavy downpours that flooded homes, fields and roads, and triggered landslides across the country."
"More than 25 people were killed on Thursday in landslides in the central mountainous tea-growing regions of Badulla and Nuwara Eliya, which is about 300km (186 miles) east of the capital, Colombo. Another 21 people were missing and 14 were injured in the Badulla and Nuwara Eliya areas, according to the government's disaster management centre, quoted by The Associated Press news agency."
Flooding and landslides across Sri Lanka have killed 56 people and damaged more than 600 houses. Severe weather began last week and intensified with heavy downpours that flooded homes, fields and roads and triggered multiple landslides. The worst losses occurred in the central mountainous tea-growing regions of Badulla and Nuwara Eliya, where more than 25 people died, 21 were missing and 14 were injured. Reservoirs and rivers overflowed, blocking roads, and authorities stopped passenger trains and closed many roads after debris and floods impacted tracks and routes. Military and emergency services conducted rescues by helicopter and boats; some vehicles were swept away, causing additional fatalities.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]