Men float along a flooded road during a COVID-19 curfew in Biyagama, near Colombo, Sri Lanka June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Heavy rain has lashed Sri Lanka triggering floods and landslides that have killed at least 17 people and forced tens of thousands from their homes, officials said on Monday.
After days of rain, rivers on the island nation s southern and western plains overflowed on the weekend, inundating low-lying areas and forcing thousands into relief centers Water levels are receding but landslide warnings are still in place in 10 districts, Pradeep Kodippili, assistant director of the National Disaster Management Centre, said in a statement.
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Sri Lanka braces for oil spill from sunken cargo ship
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Thursday, June 3rd 2021, 8:56 am - This is considered to be the country s worst ever man-made environmental disaster.
FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl vessel as it sinks while being towed into deep sea off the Colombo Harbour, in Sri Lanka June 2, 2021. Sri Lanka Airforce Media/Handout via REUTERS
By Alasdair Pal and Waruna Karunatilake
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka on Thursday braced for the possibility of an oil spill after a cargo ship laden with chemicals sank off its western coast, in what is already the country s worst ever man-made environmental disaster.