(14 Oct 2024)
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Colombo – 14 October 2024
1. Road with heavy rain
2. Rescued cows kept in the floods
3. Wide of rescued cows kept in the floods
4. SOUNDBITE (Sinhala) Jayalath Senevirthna, local resident:
“In this area we usually only get one or two days of rain every year. However, this year, we have gotten two periods of rainfall. Even about four months ago we got flooded just like this. People’s belongings, houses and shops all got flooded. People have lost everything."
5. Cutaway of people on a boat
6. SOUNDBITE (Sinhala) Jayalath Senevirthna, local resident:
“We get flooded every few months. This year we got flooded twice. In 2016, we did get worse floods but in 2024 we’ve got flooded twice within short periods of time. When we get flooded all the toilets, the excretory material, the waste all get released out. Previous governments have done nothing about it and this government has had no time to do anything. I don’t know what else to say."
7. People on a boat
8. Flooded building
9. SOUNDBITE (Sinhala) K. G. Darmathilake, Additional Secretary, Disaster Management:
“By now, out of 40,516 families 158,391 people have suffered, 79 of our rescue centres are currently holding and taking care of 2,470 families. There are 10,369 members [of the 2,470 families]. Due to this disaster, there have been three reported deaths."
10. Various of flooded areas
STORYLINE:
Sri Lanka closed schools in the capital Colombo and other areas on Monday as heavy rains triggered floods in many parts of the island nation.
Heavy downpours over the weekend have wreaked havoc in many parts of the country, flooding homes, fields and roads. Three people drowned, while some 134,000 people have been affected by flooding, according to the country’s Disaster Management Centre.
The center said rains and floods have damaged 240 houses and nearly 7,000 people have been evacuated. Authorities have cut electricity in some areas as a precaution.
Navy and army troops have been deployed to rescue victims and provide food and other essentials.
Local television channels showed flooded towns in the suburbs of Colombo. In some areas, waters reached the roofs of houses and shops.
Sri Lanka has been grappling with severe weather conditions since May, mostly caused by heavy monsoon rains. In June, 16 people died due to floods and mudslides.
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