30 May 2017 04:11 pm
The death toll, from the floods and landslides rose to 194 as of last afternoon with 100 missing and 575,816 people from 149,678 families displaced.
Nearly 1,326 houses were destroyed and 6,979 damaged and 15 districts including Ratnapura, Kegalle, Matale, Vavuniya, Mullaittivu, Matara, Hambantota, Galle, Colombo, Kalutara, Gampaha, Baticaloa, Trincomallee and Nuwara Eliya affected as of last evening. Pix by Nisal Baduge