Over 300,000 Sri Lankans displaced in flash floods
December 16th, 2009 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Colombo, Dec 16 (IANS) At least three people were killed and more than 300,000 were displaced in flash floods in eastern Sri Lanka, the government said Wednesday.
Pradeep Kodippily, assistant director of the Disaster Management Centre, told reporters that 302,835 people were displaced and more than 83,000 families were affected in the floods.
Ampara and Batticaloa districts in the Eastern Province were the worst affected, Xinhua reported.
Kodippily said heavy rains lashed the districts on Monday and Tuesday and the deaths were caused by lightning and the collapse of a wall.
The government has opened eight relief camps to house the displaced people.
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Tags: ampara, assistant director, collapse, deaths, disaster management centre, eastern province, eastern sri lanka, flash floods, government said wednesday, heavy rains, least three people, lightning, pradeep, relief camps, xinhua
