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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 9199288" data-attributes="member: 92282">16 dead, 5 missing over 800,000 affected Over eight lakh people have been affected in Sri Lanka  as the monsoon fury worsened, leading to breaching of tanks, landslips  and flooding. The numbers affected could be higher since statistics are not available from at least four of the affected districts. Assistant  Director of the National Disaster Management Centre Pradeep Kodippili  said the number of people affected island-wide was 819,759 (215,986  families). Sunday's rainfall of 300 mm in a day in Battocaloa is the  highest in recent memory. As many as 482,830 persons  belonging to 127,980 families in the Batticaloa District and 306,998  persons belonging to 80,410 families in the Ampara District have been  affected by the floods, the worst affected two districts in the  island.   The entire arc spanning from Trincomallee  in the north to Ampara in the south — covering 10 districts — have been  affected. Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera put the losses  due to the rain at LKR 30 billion. In Anuradhapura  district, one town — Horowpathana — was under water and the Tikkampatna  dam had breached. Many roads in the hilly Kandy and Nuuwara Eliya have  been rendered useless because of landslips. Transportation by road and rail have come to a standstill in most of the affected districts.More than 36,000 persons living in camps for the internally displaced in Batticaloa are among the affected. Over 6300 IDPs in Polonnaruwa also have been affected by the floods.Moved to safetyThe  Air Force rescued 24 persons from Batticaloa since Sunday evening. It  said its Bell 212 helicopter transported a pregnant lady from  Valaichchenai to Polonnaruwa Hospital.     Another helicopter carried out a ration drop at Thoppigala on Monday morning, providing relief aid to flood victims.<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article1078812.ece" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article1078812.ece" target="_blank">thehindu</a></blockquote>

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