Earlier today Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) reported that the flood situation has returned to normal in all but a few districts.
However, flooding still remains a problem in the districts of Manna (Northern Province), Matale, Nuwara Eliya, Kandy (Central Province), Anuradhapura (Eastern Province) Moneragala and Badulla (Uva Province).
Over 60,000 people are still affected by the floods, which have destroyed 6,133 houses and damaged at least 16,000 more. DMC report that 37 people have died in the flooding, 20 have been injured and a further 2 people are still missing. It is estimated that the floods, have affected over 1 million people across Sri Lanka since they first struck over 2 weeks ago in late December 2014.
Currently 8,942 people remain in one of the 114 relief camps still in operation – 4,443 in Uva Province, 3,000 in Eastern Province, 1319 in Central Province and 180 in Northern Province.
