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16,000 displaced due to floods, earthslips [1]

At least 15,914 persons have been displaced and 61 houses have suffered extensive damages and another 232 houses were severely affected due to the prevailing heavy showers and flood conditions, the Disaster Management Center said. At least 3404 families have been displaced due to the heavy rain in Kandy, Matara, Gampaha, Nuwara Eliya, Moneragala, Kurunegala and Puttalam Districts.

Publication Date: 
25/11/2010
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) [2]
Tags:
Sri Lanka [3], Floods [4], Natural Disasters [5], Landslides [6]
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