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By DEXTER CRUEZ Associated Press Writer COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Some 200,000 people who fled fighting between Tamil rebels and Sri Lankan forces are dangerously short of food, water and shelter, a relief agency said today. Gordon Molitor, CARE's director in…

OVERVIEW Further to GIEWS' Special Alert No. 265 of February 1996, an on-the-spot assessment of the 1996 Yala crop and the overall food supply situation has just been completed by FAO/GIEWS. The assessment is based on field visits to the…

OVERVIEW Further to GIEWS Special Alert No. 265 of February 1996, an on-the-spot assessment of the 1996 Yala crop and the overall food supply situation has just been completed by FAO/GIEWS. The assessment is based on field visits to the…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0453 SRI LANKA - FLOODS DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 11 OCTOBER 1995 1.DUE TO A DEPRESSION OVER THE EAST COAST OF INDIA AND INTER-MONSOONAL RAINS, THE LOW-LYING AREAS OF TWO ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS - RATNAPURA AND KEGALLE - WERE FLOODED DURING THE NIGHT…

DHA-GENEVA 95/0168 1. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MAY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS HAVE HIT THE COUNTRY CAUSING EXTENSIVE FLOODING AS WELL AS LANDSLIDES IN THE WESTERN, NORTH WESTERN, SABRAGAMUWA AND SOUTHERN PROVINCES. 2. SO FAR ONE DEATH AND A…

DHA-GENEVA 94/0509 SRI LANKA - FLOODS DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 1 DECEMBER 1994 SITUATION 1. HEAVY RAINS BROUGHT BY NORTHEAST MONSOON HIT EASTERN SRILANKA 27-28 NOVEMBER, CAUSING WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS OF BATTICALOA AND TRINCOMALEE. 2. 83,130 FAMILIES IN BATTICALOA AND 12,500 IN TRINCOMALEE…

DHA-GENEVA 93/0540 SRI LANKA - FLOODS DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 29 DECEMBER 1993 1. SINCE MID-DECEMBER HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN HITTING COUNTRY, CAUSING EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN SRI LANKA. 2. SO FAR NO DEATHS/SERIOUS INJURIES REPORTED. HOWEVER, DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, PLANTATIONS,…

DHA-GENEVA 93/0208 SRI LANKA - FLOODS DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.1 1 JUNE 1993 SITUATION 1. MONSOON RAINS IN SOUTHERN PART OF SRI LANKA, INCLUDING COLOMBO, SOUTHERN KALUTARA, GALLE, MATARA AND RATNAPURA AREAS, CAUSED FLOODING WHICH STARTED LAST WEEK AND WORSENED ON 31 MAY…

DHA-UNDRO 92/0762SRI LANKACYCLONEDHA-UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 112 NOVEMBER 1992 1. AT 1400 HRS LOCAL (07.30 HRS GMT) TIME, CYCLONE HIT POTHUVIL ON EASTERN COAST WITH WIND SPEED OF 120 KM/HOUR. CYCLONE MOVING WEST AT REDUCED SPEED. 2. HEAVY…

UNDRO 90/0044SRI LANKA - FLOODSUNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 110 JANUARY 1990 1. HEAVY RAIN DURING LAST FEW DAYS CAUSED FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN AMPARA, BADULLA, KANDY, KURUNEGALA, MATALE, MONARAGALA, NUWARA ELIYA, POLONNARUWA AND TRINCOMALEE DISTRICTS. MOST AFFECTED…