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The number of deaths as a result
flood
and
landslide
in
Sri Lanka
increased to 607 people as of Friday (5/12).
This was reported by the Sri Lanka Disaster Management Center (DMC).Most of the dead were people who had previously been declared missing.
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, as many as 214 people are still reported missing to date.Meanwhile, the number of victims affected by the flood reached more than 2 million.
Rain itself is predicted to continue to fall in a number of areas in Sri Lanka.The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) said heavy rain could further wet the hills and make them unstable.
“Because rainfall in the last 24 hours has exceeded 150 millimeters, if the rain continues, immediately evacuate to a safe location to avoid the risk of landslides,” said NBRO, in a statement.
The latest flooding was caused by the arrival of monsoon rains.Meanwhile, some of the floods that occurred last week have begun to subside.
The Sri Lankan region itself was just hit by the Ditwah cyclone at the end of last November.
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at that time declared an emergency status on Saturday (29/1), to request international assistance.
The storm was Sri Lanka’s deadliest natural disaster since 2017, when floods and landslides killed more than 200 people.
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