Nearly 40,000 Affected And 3000 Have Been Displaced In Six Sri Lankan Districts Due To The Floods

Nearly 40,000 Persons reside in Six Districts of Sri Lanka have been affected due to the floods prevailing in those Districts following heavy showers according to Disaster Management Center(DMC).Nearly 3000 people have been reported as displaced in these Districts namely Jaffna,Kilinochchi,Mulativu,Puttalam ,Trincomalee and Gampaha Districts DMC has said.

Several Entry Roads to Jaffna (In Northern Province) too have been flooded and transport in those roads have  severely affected it has been reported.

During last 24 hours the highest Rain Fall was recorded from Jaffna according to DMC.