UNDRO 89/1211

SRI LANKA - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
6 JUNE 1989

1. UNDP/UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS HEAVY RAINS DURING PAST SEVERAL DAYS CAUSED FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN SOUTH WESTERN PART OF COUNTRY. LATEST CASUALTY FIGURES ARE NEARLY 270 DEAD, 750 INJURED. SOME 175,000 RENDERED HOMELESS. THIS DISASTER IS CONSIDERED WORST IN 40 YEARS.

2. WORST AFFECTED AREA IS BULATHKOHUPITIYA IN KEGALLE DISTRICT. OTHER AFFECTED DISTRICTS ARE ELIYA, GAMPAHA, GALLE, KALUTARA, MATARA, NUWARA AND RATNAPURA. MANY ROADS SUBMERGED.