Clean-up hampered in Sri Lanka after floods and landslides leave nearly 500 dead

Clean-up hampered in Sri Lanka after floods and landslides leave nearly 500 dead

COLOMBO, Dec 5 — Heavy rains lashed Sri Lanka today, hampering a major clean-up operation after severe flooding and landslides last week killed nearly 500 people, officials said.Authorities reported up to 132 millimetres of rainfall in southern Sri Lanka over a 15-hour period ending yesterday night.But while the deluge was intense, they said the large-scale flooding seen since last week had begun to subside.The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) s…

Sri Lanka reports 607 dead, 214 missing after extreme weather

File photo: Ambulance (not related to the incident / Photo by YANGHONG YU on Unsplash) The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) reports that 607 deaths caused by adverse weather conditions in Sri Lanka have been recorded so far, while 214 people remain missing. The DMC issued this update today (December 05) at 06:00 PM. According to the latest figures, 2,082,195 individuals from 586,464 families across 25 districts have been affected. Meanwhile, the…