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Sri Lankan flooding, landslides kill at least 12
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11/28/2024
At least 12 people have been killed due to flooding and landslides in the eastern and central parts of Sri Lanka after heavy rains drenched the country over the past three days, a top disaster official said on Thursday (Nov 28).
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At least 12 people have died in eastern and central Sri Lanka due to flooding and landslides
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triggered by heavy rains over the past three days.
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According to Anoja Seneviratne, Director of the Disaster Management Center, four of the
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victims were students who drowned after the tractor they were traveling in overturned
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and was swept away by floodwaters in Eravur, about 310 kilometers east of the capital.
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The remaining fatalities occurred in separate incidents involving landslides and people
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being washed away by rising waters.
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Sri Lanka's Department of Meteorology reported that a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal
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is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm and make landfall on the island's east coast
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by Thursday.
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However, the department forecasts that the storm's impact will begin to ease by Saturday.
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