India  

Flooded streets in Sri Lanka as powerful storm heads to India

Video Credit: AFP English - Duration: 00:40s - Published
Flooded streets in Sri Lanka as powerful storm heads to India

Flooded streets in Sri Lanka as powerful storm heads to India

Floods in central Sri Lanka's Polunnaruwa district has forced some 335,155 people to seek temporary shelter in public buildings after their homes were flooded, according to Colombo's Disaster Management Centre (DMC).

Rescuers recovered the bodies of six children, taking the number of those killed in the torrential rains to 12, as a powerful but slow-moving storm heads towards India.


You Might Like

Related news from verified sources

Four children drowned in Sri Lanka as storm heads to India

Four children drowned in Sri Lanka as storm heads to India Colombo (AFP) Nov 28, 2024 Sri Lankan rescue teams said Thursday they had recovered four drowned...
Terra Daily - Published