Colombo, Nov 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Over 463,000 people have been affected by rain-related disasters in Sri Lanka starting from November 22, the country's Disaster Management Center (DMC) revealed on Friday.
The DMC, in its latest situation update, said 463,569 people belonging to 138,191 families in 24 out of a total of 25 administrative districts have been hit by flood, tree fall, strong wind, and earth-slip.
According to the DMC, 15 people have died, with 20 others injured and one missing, the DMC said.
Sri Lanka's Department of Meteorology said on Friday that the deep depression over southwest Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm, Xinhua news agency reported.
The influence of the system on the country's weather is expected to gradually reduce after Friday, it said.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz