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Sri Lanka:Flood:2002/12/19
Duration 2002/12/19 More than 500,000 people have been displaced in the war-torn north and eastern parts of Sri Lanka after torrential rains. Country or District Sri Lanka Name Flood
Headline(Source, Date) Personal Injury Material Damage Others OCHA Situation Report No.1 2002/12/19 Affected: 70,000 families
Displaced: 5,000 families
(around 20,000 to 25,000 persons)
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- OCHA Situation Report No.1 2002/12/19
Around 70,000 families are affected by the floods.- Daily News, Sri Lanka 2002/12/23
Flood-affected areas gradually returning to normal- BBC news 2002/12/19
Thousands hit by Sri Lanka floods
- TamilNet, Sri Lanka 2002/12/22
Government aid for Batticaloa flood victims- OCHA Situation Report 2002/12/19
More than 10,000 houses have been damaged or affected while large areas of paddy land and cultivated land have gone under water.
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