More than a million affected by adverse weather conditions in Sri Lanka

More than a million have been affected and 300,000 people have been displaced due to floods due to the adverse weather conditions says Disaster Management Center.The displaced have been provided with temporary shelter in 641 camps in flooded areas of Anuradhapura, Vavuniya, Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa Districts. The Met Department states the low pressure condition that is affecting the country would continue and Central, Eastern, Northern and North-Central areas would receive heavy rains. Mean while people of Badulu Oya in Badulla District have been displaced due to land slides, Yapa Chandralatha , our Badulla correspondent stated.