Around 25 persons had died and little more than 212,000 had been affected as a result of floods ,earth slips ,wind and storms occurred caused by heavy showers prevailing in most parts of the Island during last few days according to Disaster Management Center.
By this evening little more than 50,150 persons in 17 districts had been displaced and located in safe places else in relatives houses .
The most affected area is Puttalam District the Center has stated .
සමීපතම ආදරයක් ,හොඳම යහළුකමක් ,ආත්මීය බැඳීමක් යනු කුමන මාධ්යයක් හෝ හරහා නිරතුරුව එකිනෙකා අතර අදහස් හුවමාරු කරගන්නා /හමුවන සුවිශේෂි වූ සබඳතාවයකි .එවැනි සබඳතාවයක් හමුවේ කලාතුරකින් අදහස් හුවමාරු කරගෙන තම සමීපතමයා යැයි පුරසාරම් දොඩන සබඳතාවයන්ට හැරීමටවත් නොහැකිය .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි )
The Authorities had today (10)taken steps to close down the Colombo-Kandy Main road from Lower(Pahala) Kadugannawa area due to the possibility of occurring earth slips .Accordingly the Road had been closed from 10 p.m today Kegalle District Secretariat has stated .
Police have advised the Motorists to use an alternative routes when travelling .
A Total of 693 Corona Positives had been reported in the country today (10),Increasing the total number of Corona Positives that had been reported so far to 547,346 according to Epidemiology Unit .
Accordingly 10,921 Corona Positives are being treated at Hospitals ,Quarantine Centers and under Home care system the Unit has stated .
Only 5037 PCR Tests and 2962 Rapid Antigen Tests had been performed in the country yesterday (09).
Another 16 Corona deaths had been reported in the country today (10) ,Increasing the total number of Corona deaths reported so far to 13,908 according to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS) .
Accordingly 08 males and 08 females had died due to Corona infection the DGHS has stated ,Out of the deceased 14 were over 60 years of age and 02 were belonged to 30-60 year age group
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