COLOMBO, Dec 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Over 7,000 people in Sri Lanka have been affected by inclement rainy weather this week, the country’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC), said yesterday, in its latest situation report.
The situation report said, 7,061 people, from 2,271 families, have been adversely affected by heavy rains by yesterday morning.
The DMC added that, low-lying areas around rivers face the threat of flooding, as water levels increase.
People would be evacuated as the occasion demands, Director General of the DMC, Sudantha Ranasinghe, told journalists in Colombo yesterday.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology said, heavy rains would continue and heavy showers of over 100 millimetres are expected in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, North-Western and Eastern provinces.– NNN-XINHUA
