Flooding has temporarily displaced over 30,000 in Batticaloa and 57,000 in Ampara to relatives houses or temporary camps, reported officials from the District Secretariats.
So far one death has been reported in Batticaloa.
According to the Deputy Director of the District Disaster Management Center in Ampara and Batticaloa, M. A. C. M. Riyas, this is the worst flooding he has seen in a decade.
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A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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