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Heavy rains cause havoc; seven killed [1]

Seven people were killed, 44 houses destroyed and 330 badly damaged as a result of the adverse weather conditions prevailing in the country, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said yesterday. Heavy rains had affected 24,518 people especially in the Ratnapura District.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2011
Yohan Perera [2]
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) [3]
Tags:
Natural Disasters [4], Sri Lanka [5], Floods [6]
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