Sri Lanka: 14 killed in fresh floods wave

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Sri Lanka: 14 killed in fresh floods wave

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As many as 14 persons were killed and over one million affected by fresh floods wave across Sri Lanka.

06 February,2011 08:04 pm

As many as 14 persons were killed and over one million affected by fresh floods wave across Sri Lanka.A total of 1053,499 have been affected due to floods in several parts of the country, the Disaster Management Centre said. A similar number of persons were affected and 300,000 left homeless in the flooding early last month which also claimed at least 43 lives. The latest flooding has affected almost the same areas devastated by the earlier flooding, displacing 237,000 people. The displaced people have been accommodated at 653 temporarily camps set up in high lands in the flood affected areas.