300 Killed in Sri Lanka Floods

World | May 20, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
300 Killed in Sri Lanka Floods A submerged town in Sri Lanka which was destroyed by flash floods and mudslides. At least 300 people have been reported dead and another 200 pronounced missing in Sri Lanka's worst flooding in five decades. Photo by AFP

At least 300 people have been reported dead and another 200 pronounced missing in Sri Lanka's worst flooding in five decades, international agencies reported. Some 60,000 houses have been damaged or destroyed in three districts. The floods and landslides struck three districts in south-central Sri Lanka late Saturday after days of rain caused by a tropical depression in the Bay of Bengal.

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