Friday, May 26, 2017

Adverse Weather-Around 50 Feared As Dead Due To Landslides Occurred In Ratnapura And Kalutara Districts

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Around 50 persons feared as dead due to landslides occurred in Ratnapura and Kalutara districts today(26) and thousands of  people were displaced due to landslides and floods in many parts of the country according to sources.

In veyangalle ,Agalawatte area around 07 persons of the same family including 04 small children  have been reported as killed and 03 members of the same family went missing after a sand mount collapsed on their house this morning.

Two school children were killed after a sand mount collapsed on their house in velangalle,Awissawella it has been reported.

Around 07 persons were killed due to a landslide in Bogahawatte,Bulathsinghale area .

In Kahawatte area a person was killed on the spot after a tree collapsed on him  while walking in a sub road.

Ratnapura City,Galle-Baddegama road,Galle -Ambalanwatte road,Galle-Karapitiya road,Udugama-Baddegama road,Kalutara-Palawatte-Walallawita road,Tangalle-Weeraketiya road and Tangalle-Thissa road are being submerged according to the according to the Disaster Management Center.

A police officer was injured and hospitalized after a tree collapsed on the Vavuniya Police station today(26).A truck and five Motorcycles parked near the Police station were damaged due to the incident.

In Baduraliya-Mawathwatte area five houses got buried believed to be with the residents after a snd mount collapsed on the houses.Police have launched a rescue operation in search of the missing.

Several roads in Colombo too submerged due to the heavy showers prevailing in at present and as the water level in Kelaniya River is increasing Authorities have ordered the Urban Councils and Provincial Councils to remove all unauthorized constructions in Colombo and suburbs including ,wattale,Kaduwela,kolonnawa and Kelaniya which built built by blocking the natural canals and waterways as soon as possible to prevent any disaster according to the Ministry of Megapolis  and Western Development .

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