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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7490434" data-attributes="member: 92282">Heavy rains forced the indefinite postponement of Sri Lanka's  military parade marking the first anniversary of its defeat of Tamil  rebels, officials said Monday as flash floods killed four people.The  victory celebrations scheduled for Thursday were put off as the  military was unable to go ahead with rehearsals due to torrential  monsoon rains, a defence official said.Sri Lanka declared victory  after the killing of the top leadership of the Tamil Tigers on May 18  last year following 37 years of bitter conflict which claimed more than  100,000 lives according to United Nations estimates.The  authorities had scheduled a military parade on Thursday to mark the  defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the ending of  their campaign for an independent state for Sri Lanka's minority Tamils.Officials  said military preparations on Monday were washed out due to heavy rains  which also killed at least four people and drove 200,000 people out of  their flooded homes.The Meteorological Department warned there  could be landslides in some parts of the country.Since Sunday,  electricity supplies to main towns outside the capital have been  disrupted due to trees falling on powerlines.Sri Lanka depends on  monsoon rains for irrigation and power generation but the seasonal  downpours frequently cause loss of life and damage to property in  low-lying areas.The island's two main monsoon seasons run from  May to September and December to February.<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jlRT-43M0r9cykBfVM2KjJj9H7VQ" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/img/afp_logo.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

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