4 dead, over 42,000 affected by heavy rains, flooding in Sri Lanka
Xinhua
16 May 2021, 02:05 GMT+10
COLOMBO, May 15 (Xinhua) -- At least four people had died and over 42,000 others had been affected by days of strong winds and heavy rains which lashed the country due to the formation of a super cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Center (DMC) said in its latest weather report Saturday.
According to the DMC, the deaths had been a result of severe flooding.
Over 200 houses had been fully or partially damaged, while 175 people belonging to 42 affected families were housed in temporary shelters.
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) also issued a landslide warning for several districts in the country including the capital Colombo and the south. The NBRO requested people living in high-risk areas to move to safer grounds.