Heavy downpours have wreaked havoc in lots of elements of the nation since Sunday, flooding properties, fields and roads, and forcing authorities to chop electrical energy as a precaution.
 "Sri Lanka shuts schools as floods and mudslides leave 10 dead, 6 missing")
AP Colombo
Sri Lanka closed faculties on Monday as heavy rain triggered floods and mudslides in lots of elements of the island nation, leaving not less than 10 folks lifeless and 6 others lacking, officers stated.
The schooling ministry introduced that the reopening of colleges would rely upon how the climate develops.
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Heavy downpours have wreaked havoc in lots of elements of the nation since Sunday, flooding properties, fields and roads, and forcing authorities to chop electrical energy as a precaution.
Six folks died after being washed away and drowning within the capital, Colombo, and the distant Rathnapura district on Sunday, in line with the catastrophe administration heart. Three others died when mounds of earth collapsed on their homes, and one particular person died when a tree fell on him. Six folks have gone lacking since Sunday.
By Monday, over 5,000 folks had been moved to evacuation facilities and greater than 400 properties had been broken, the middle stated in an announcement.
Navy and military troops have been deployed to rescue victims and supply meals and different necessities to these affected.
Sri Lanka has been grappling with extreme climate situations since mid-Might brought on by heavy monsoon rains. Earlier, robust winds downed timber in lots of areas, killing 9 folks.
