Sri Lanka: Floods - Oct 2006
Disaster description
As a result of the inter-monsoon rains combined with storms, several areas of Sri Lanka flooded. As of 1 November, the Disaster Management Centre reported that 25 people had been killed, two had been injured and about 333,000 people had been affected. (OCHA, 2 Nov 2006)
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Flooded areas in Gampaha district, Sri Lanka - Identification of likely flooded areas from post-crisis RADARSAT1 data (as of 9 Nov 2006)
Flooded areas in Puttalam district, Sri Lanka - Identification of likely flooded areas from post-crisis RADARSAT1 data (as of 9 Nov 2006)
Flooded areas in Colombo district, Sri Lanka - Identification of likely flooded areas from post-crisis RADARSAT1 data (as of 9 Nov 2006)
