25 May 2018 12:10 pm
Accordingly, eight individuals had drowned, five others had been struck by lightning, two had fallen from trees and one had been buried when an embankment had collapsed.
Meanwhile, a total of 127,913 individuals (32,517 families) in 19 districts have been displaced so far.
Among the affected, 55,159 individuals (13,861 families) were housed in 251 welfare centres. (Thilanka Kanakarathna)