Sri Lanka flooding
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Feb 2, 2011, 5:26:48 AM2/2/11
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/13/sri-lanka-floods-people-flee-homes
More than 300,000 people have been forced out of their homes by
flooding in Sri Lanka, with no sign of a let-up in the torrential rain
on the island nation's east coast.
Three more people were killed by mudslides today, bringing the death
toll to 21, officials said.
The government's Disaster Management Centre said more than 1 million
people had been affected by the rains, with 325,000 made homeless.
Many villages remain cut off from supplies despite a huge relief
effort involving tens of thousands of troops, transport helicopters
and naval boats.
More than 300,000 people have been forced out of their homes by
flooding in Sri Lanka, with no sign of a let-up in the torrential rain
on the island nation's east coast.
Three more people were killed by mudslides today, bringing the death
toll to 21, officials said.
The government's Disaster Management Centre said more than 1 million
people had been affected by the rains, with 325,000 made homeless.
Many villages remain cut off from supplies despite a huge relief
effort involving tens of thousands of troops, transport helicopters
and naval boats.
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