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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7503815" data-attributes="member: 92282">Since Friday, 14 May 2010, heavy monsoon rains have resulted in flash  floods, high-winds, landslides, lightning and thunder storms in 13  districts in Sri Lanka including: Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Ratnapura,  Kegalle, Matara, Kegalle, Galle, Nuwara Eliya, Trincomalee, Puttalam,  Mannar and Anuradhapura.  As of Wednesday, 19 May 2010, over 458,783 persons (104,213  families) have been affected by the heavy rains. This includes minor  displacement of 9,579 people and 18 deaths. The Government of Sri Lanka  is responding to the crisis through local and central levels and the  Navy has been deployed with their boat teams to assist with evacuations. A two day government led Inter-Agency flood assessment mission  (WFP, OCHA, Disaster Management Center, Ministry of Economic  Development) visited Gampaha District in the North Western Province on  19 May 2010. The assessment team met with the Gampaha District Secretary  (Government Agent), Divisional Secretaries of Wattala and Katana (the  most affected divisions) and officials in charge of health services in  the district. The mission will cover Kalutara District in the South  Western Province on 20 May 2010.</blockquote>

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