According to officials, Sri Lanka has closed government buildings and schools as a result of the country’s 56-person death toll from floods and landslides, with more than 600 homes engulfed.
Last week, severe weather began to grip Sri Lanka, and heavy downpours flooded homes, fields, and roads, causing landslides all over the country.
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More than 25 people died on Thursday in landslides in Badulla and Nuwara Eliya, which are central mountain tea-growing regions, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) east of Colombo, the capital.
According to the government’s disaster management center, another 21 people have been missing and 14 have been injured in the Badulla and Nuwara Eliya areas, according to a source with The Associated Press.
In various regions of the nation, others perished in landslides.
Clearly impacted by daily life
The government announced Friday that all government offices and schools would be shut down as a result of the worsening weather.
Most reservoirs and rivers have overflowed, preventing access to roads as a result of heavy rains. After rocks, mud, and trees fell on roads and railroad tracks, which were also flooded in some areas, authorities shut down passenger trains and reopened roads in many parts of the nation.
On Thursday, the navy and police used boats to transport residents while the air force helicopter flew to rescue three people trapped on the roof of a house surrounded by floods.
Three people died as a result of a car being swept away by floodwaters near the eastern town of Ampara, according to footage from Thursday.
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Source: Aljazeera
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