Landslides, flash floods kill 9 in Sri Lanka

Flash floods and landslides have killed at least nine people and left thousands homeless in Sri Lanka, disaster management officials said today.

Flash floods and landslides have killed at least nine people and left thousands homeless in Sri Lanka, disaster management officials said on Tuesday.

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Sarath Lal Kumara, a senior Disaster Management Centre (DMC) official said that all 9 deaths have been reported from the central district of Matale.

Three of them died when a tree collapsed on a van. The rest were buried in landslides. He said over 4,000 displaced people have been accommodated in 17 relief camps.

Most reservoirs in the north central and central province have reached spill level forcing the opening of sluice gates, officials said.

Several districts in the central hill province have been declared as landslide danger zones. Public transport including trains services remain disrupted.