Informes

By Scott McDonald COLOMBO, May 21 (Reuters) - Rescue workers picked through devastated villages on Wednesday looking for survivors after Sri Lanka's worst flooding in half a century killed more than 250 people and left hundreds more missing. Government and…

AA 03 205 Australia will provide $100,000 in emergency relief to Sri Lanka following the country's worst flooding in nearly sixty years. 'The funding will go to the Sri Lankan Red Cross for food, medical supplies, clean drinking water and tents.…

by Bijoy Patro in Kalutara On Sunday afternoon, the family of Chandrasiri Opanayaka was having a late lunch in their modest mud house as it rained outside. They could not remember when it had rained so hard and for…

Geneva, 20 May 2003 - Still reeling from the floods and landslides (described by the media as the worst since 1947) that have killed at least 300 people and displaced tens of thousands of people from their homes, the…

Geneva, May 20, 2003 - Still reeling from the floods and landslides that killed at least 200 people and displaced tens of thousands of people from their homes, the people of Sri Lanka's lowlands continue to battle raging floodwaters. Described…

Flash floods and torrential rains hit three provinces of Sri Lanka over the weekend, killing at least 200 people. Over 85,000 families have been rendered homeless and thousands marooned in the floods, the worst the country has experience since…

Situation Report The worst floods and landslides in 56 years have killed at least 242 persons in Sri Lanka and displaced thousands from their homes, authorities said, as residents of Sri Lanka's lowlands continue battling raging floodwaters. Landslides submerged one whole…

On May 19th, the Government of Sri Lanka has reported that at least 200 people have died as a result of the heavy monsoon rain in the South of the country. Approximately 200 people have been missing and about…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2003/0074 OCHA Situation Report No. 2 Sri Lanka - Floods 20 May 2003 This report is based on information received from the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan Government authorities, as well…

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