COLOMBO, Oct 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Two people have died while 21,888 others, from 5,212 families, have been affected by floods and landslides, in the last 48 hours in Sri Lanka, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said, yesterday.
Eleven districts have been affected, with about 120 houses damaged by the floods and landslides, triggered by heavy rains, according to the DMC.
The affected districts included Hambantota, Galle, Trincomalee, Kilinochchi, Gampaha, Colombo, Puttalam and Kandy.
The DMC said, 264 people were evacuated to temporary shelters for safety.
The meteorological department forecast heavy rains in many places, in the country in the coming days.– NNN-XINHUA
