600 000 People Displaced in Sri Lanka Flood

Thursday 1 June, 2017 – 7:30

Widespread flooding and devastating mudslides in Sri Lanka have killed at least 202 people and displaced more than half a million, the government has said.

The state-run Disaster Management Center said around 600 000 people remained temporarily homeless on Wednesday following last Friday’s landslides and floods.

Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez, reporting from Matara, around 160km south of the capital Colombo, said aid agencies were struggling to distribute fresh food to rural areas.

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