FLOOD RELIEF IN SRI LANKA

The ongoing flood situation in Sri Lanka had worsened in December 2019, with over 167,000 people were affected across 21 districts in the country. Heavy rain in Sri Lanka brought by the North-East Monsoon began in late November. Three people died in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Central Province on 30 November, 2019. As of 01 December, around 4,000 people were affected, mostly in Batticaloa and Ampara in Eastern Province and Mannar in Northern Province.

According to figures from the country’s Disaster Management Center (DMC), as of 07 December, 167,436 people (49,535 families) have now been affected, with 13,208 people from 4,081 families evacuated to the 110 locations set up to assist those displaced. Most of these locations are in the Mullative, Kilinochchi, Jaffna, Vavuniya, Anuradhapura, Batticaloa and Badulla districts.

ICI was able donate flood relief for over 100 families in December 2019 with the supervision of "Living Springs Loving Hand" Team.

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