21 dead, 270,000 homeless in Sri Lankan floods
20:36, 13 January 2011
COLOMBO. January 13. KAZINFORM Sri Lanka's government says three more people have been killed by widespread floods and mudslides, bringing the death toll from days of heavy rain to 21; Kazinform refers to China Daily.
The Disaster Management Center said Thursday that more than a million people have been affected by the rains, with 270,000 becoming homeless.
Many villages in Eastern Province have been inundated, with some cut off from supplies; Kazinform cites China Daily.
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