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Following the disaster, President Maithripala Sirisena requested the Sri Lanka Armed Forces, Police, and the Disaster Management Centre to provide assistance and relief to the victims. As per the Disaster Management Centre on 20 April 2017, the landslide caused 32 deaths with 8 more missing, and affected a total of 1,765 people. [2]
Fast-response teams of the governmental technical relief organisation were sent to Thailand and Sri Lanka for rescue purposes on 28 December, together with drinking water purification equipment to be installed in Galle (Sri Lanka). Additional water purification equipment was sent to the Maldives and Indonesia on first days 2005.
2023 disasters in Sri Lanka (3 P) 2024 disasters in Sri Lanka (6 P) This page was last edited on 26 November 2022, at 00:37 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Prior to the floods Sri Lanka was suffering a drought and consequently power cuts as reservoirs ran dry. [65] [66] Following the floods water levels in many of the reservoirs reached 75%, giving uninterrupted power supply according to the Ministry of Power and Energy. [67] As rescue efforts continued the death toll increased.
Sri Lanka on globe in green Shacks at beach in Colombo. Squatting in Sri Lanka occurs when people are displaced by war or natural disasters, find it difficult to transfer title or build shanty towns. The Government of Sri Lanka has attempted to regularize squatter settlements. In 2020, there were reported to be over 600,000 squatters on state land.
Natural disaster deaths in Sri Lanka (3 P) F. Floods in Sri Lanka (13 P) L. Landslides in Sri Lanka (8 P) Pages in category "Natural disasters in Sri Lanka"