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Heavy rains lash Sri Lanka causing widespread flooding
Rescue teams are deployed as Sri Lanka is hit by heavy rains and flooding:: November 27, 2024:: Batticaloa, Sri Lanka:: Polannaruwa, Sri LankaHeavy rains and winds lashed the northern regions of the island nation,
Sri Lanka: Several dead as storm causes floods, landslides
A depression in the south-west part of the Bay of Bengal has caused heavy rains while cyclone conditions were developing off Sri Lanka's north-eastern coast. The storm is now moving toward India.
Children among the dead and missing as heavy rains trigger floods in Sri Lanka
Authorities in Sri Lanka say at least five people have died, including three children, after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides
Flooding kills at least 12 people including six children in Sri Lanka as storm heads for India
At least 12 people, including six children, have drowned in torrential rain in Sri Lanka caused by a slow-moving storm now headed toward India. More than 335,000 people in Sri Lanka have been forced to flee after their homes were flooded in the storm, Colombo's Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said.
Flooded streets in Sri Lanka as powerful storm heads to India
Floods in central Sri Lanka's Polunnaruwa district has forced some 335,155 people to seek temporary shelter in public buildings after their homes were flooded, according to Colombo's Disaster Management Centre (DMC).
Eight people including 6 children missing as heavy rains trigger flooding in Sri Lanka
have gone missing in Sri Lanka when the farm tractor they were traveling on was swept away by floods triggered by heavy rains, police said Wednesday. Sri Lanka has experienced heavy downpours and strong winds over the past two days that have flooded homes ...
5 dead, 5 missing in Sri Lanka floods
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Three children returning from school are among at least five people who have died as heavy rains triggered floods and landslides in Sri Lanka, authorities said Wednesday. Five others are missing.
12 Dead, Thousands Displaced As Sri Lanka Faces Flash Floods Amid Fengal Cyclone
Sri Lanka is grappling with the aftermath of devastating flash floods caused by torrential rains from a slow-moving deep depression in the Bay of Bengal.
Sri Lanka children missing in floods, likely cyclone approaches India
COLOMBO: Heavy rains lashed southern India on Wednesday (Nov 27) with coastal regions bracing for a likely cyclonic storm, as rescue teams in neighbouring Sri Lanka searched for eight people missing in floods.
Four Children Drowned In Sri Lanka As Storm Heads To India
Sri Lankan rescue teams said Thursday they had recovered four drowned children killed in a flash flood, with four other people missing, after torrential rains from a powerful but slow-moving storm now heading towards India.
Six children among 12 killed in Sri Lanka, storm heads to India
Sri Lankan rescuers on Thursday recovered the drowned corpses of six children, taking the number killed in torrential rains to 12, as a powerful but slow-moving storm headed towards India. Having skirted the coast of Sri Lanka,
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Massive floods kill 12, displace hundreds of thousands in Sri Lanka
Search for missing people underway, over 270,000 seek temporary shelter after their homes were swamped, say authorities - ...
Sri Lanka: Adverse weather from deep depression over Bay of Bengal claims 15 lives
Disaster Management Centre said over 450,000 people have been hit by floods, strong winds and earth-slips in the country ...
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Disaster response moblised as floods sweep through Lanka
According to statistics released by the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) yesterday, 98 houses were completely damaged while 2,333 houses suffered partial damage. Some 245 safe locations were arranged ...
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Floods kill 12, over 370,000 under water or homeless
Floods and landslides have killed 12 people and left hit 370,000 people in Sri Lanka disaster management authorities said as torrential rains from a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal lashed the ...