Six people, including 3 women, have died and 3 others have been injured after being caught in landslides and floods caused by the heavy rain that has been falling in Sri Lanka for the past 2 days.
Due to this severe weather prevailing in 5 districts of the country, normal life has been disrupted; around 1,900 people have been sheltered in relief camps.
In Nuwara Eliya district, which comes under the Central Province, around 10 cm of rainfall has been recorded; as the sea is rough and strong winds are blowing, fishermen have been warned not to go out to sea. As a precautionary measure, all schools in the Central Province were declared holiday on Tuesday.
In addition, flood warnings have been issued to people living along the banks of the Mahaweli and Kelani rivers, and officials said that all of the country’s major water bodies have reached full capacity and are overflowing.
It is noteworthy that in November last year, more than 640 people lost their lives and around 2 million people were affected by Cyclone Ditwah, which struck Sri Lanka.
