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Severe flooding and landslides started on 19 December, caused by heavy rains and high winds and affecting 22 out of 25 districts. Central, North Central, Uva, and Eastern provinces are worst affected. As the rains abated by end of December, waters have begun receding and displaced people have begun returning to their homes.
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On 5 January, OCHA reported 1.1 million people affected and 30,000 people hosted in 230 evacuation centres. However, according to the Sri Lankan Disaster Management Centre (DMC), fewer than 100,000 people were affected as of 6 January and 5,700 were in evacuation centres. Differences in numbers might be related diverging definitions of affected people.
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According to the Government, 660 houses have been completely destroyed and over 3,500 houses have been partially damaged. OCHA reports 18,500 houses partially damaged and 6,400 houses destroyed.
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3,000 hectares of farmland have been severely damaged as of 7 January; and 25,000 hectares have been partially damaged.