Reports

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2003/0076 OCHA Situation Report No. 3 Sri Lanka - Floods 23 May 2003 This report is based on information received from the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, the UNDAC Team, and the Sri Lankan Government…

Appeal launched on 20 May 2003 for CHF 1,212,000 (USD 934,598 OR EUR 801,424) for three months for 125,000 beneficiaries. This operation will be revised and scaled-up based on the results of the ongoing FACT/RDRT assessment. Disaster…

There are still many gaps in the information on the flood situation here in Sri Lanka, but there is no doubt about the gravity of the situation. Torrential rains hit last weekend. The worst affected areas are the southern Districts…

Employment and Labour Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe yesterday disclosed the details of seven major disaster management programmes to be implemented for the welfare of all flood victim families in the country. It is reported that around 18,000 families in the Kalutara District…

With the death toll in Sri Lanka rising to more than 200, United Nations inter-agency teams are struggling alongside local relief workers to feed and shelter 171,000 survivors of the worst floods and landslides to hit the island in…

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.…

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…

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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