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The astir fig of 10 deaths person been recorded from the Eastern Province. The atrocious upwind was caused by the heavy slump implicit the southwest Bay of Bengal. (File Photo)
Adverse upwind from a heavy slump implicit the southwest Bay of Bengal has claimed the lives of 15 radical successful Sri Lanka, according to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) connected Saturday.
The DMC said implicit 450,000 radical person been deed by floods, beardown winds and earth-slips successful the country.
Fifteen radical person died truthful far, it said.
The astir fig of 10 deaths person been recorded from the Eastern Province. The atrocious upwind was caused by the heavy slump implicit the southwest Bay of Bengal.
A cyclonic tempest which is expected to impact the Eastern Province would determination implicit to the confederate Indian authorities of Tamil Nadu aboriginal connected Saturday, the upwind officials said.
This would amended the atrocious upwind concern successful the country. However, the north, northbound cardinal and eastbound Trincomalee districts are expected to acquisition dense rainfall falls implicit 100 mm, the Meteorological Department said. Heavy winds of implicit 60 km per hr are besides expected to deed parts of the island.
Meanwhile, the constabulary said they arrested a schoolhouse main and a teacher implicit the deaths of six students owed to flood waters successful the eastbound municipality of Sammanthurai portion travelling connected a tractor. The main had asked the students to question by tractor owed to a deficiency of buses.
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