Overall Orange alert Flood
in Sri Lanka

Event summary

This flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1000086
Glide number: FL-2017-000057-LKA
Death: 103
Displaced: 86000
Countries: Sri Lanka
From - To 25 May - 28 May

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 144 | About casualties: 80 | Last hour: 0

Death toll in Sri Lanka mudslides, floods climbs past 200Wed, 31 May 2017 15:46:00 +0200.

Indian soldiers unload supplies to be used in relief operations from NS Jalashwa Indian Navy ship, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Tens of thousands of people marooned by severe flooding and mudslides in Sri Lanka remained in rel
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Sri Lanka appeals for help as floods foul water supplyWed, 31 May 2017 08:08:00 +0200.

Sri Lanka appealed Tuesday for volunteers to help with a massive clean-up after landslides and floods left at least 193 dead and tens of thousands without safe drinking water. The government sought help to purify wells contaminated by the f
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Kalu Ganga and Gin Ganga water levels recedingWed, 31 May 2017 07:44:00 +0200.

The water levels in rivers are dropping amid a drop in the rainfall during the past 24 hours receding due to the low rainfall received during the past 24 hours ended at 3.30 pm today, the Irrigation Department said. Director (Hydrology) P.
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SL appeals for help as floods foul water supplyWed, 31 May 2017 02:15:00 +0200.

Sri Lanka appealed on Tuesday for volunteers to help with a massive clean-up after landslides and floods left at least 193 dead and tens of thousands without safe drinking water. The government sought help to purify wells contaminated by th
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (7), INFORM (1), (1),